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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 40448, composition)

  1. graceful
  2. beautiful

References

  • KangXi: page 260, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6214
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1047, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+59E3

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*keːws, *kreːwʔ
*pʰreːws
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
*kreːwʔ
*kreːwʔ
*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
*kreːws, *ɡreːws
*kreːws
*kʰreːw
*kʰreːw
*kʰraːw
*ŋɡreːwʔ
*ɡreːw
*ɡreːw
*ɡreːws
*ɡreːws
*ɡreːws
*keːwʔ
*keːwʔ
*keːwʔ
*qeːws
*pqreːwɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (28)
Final () (90) (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠau/ /kˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚau/ /kᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣau/ /kauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨw/ /kaɨwX/
Li
Rong
/ɣau/ /kauX/
Wang
Li
/ɣau/ /kauX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣau/ /kauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiáo jiǎo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6311 6325
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːwʔ/ /*ɡreːw/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 夸姣
  • 姣好
  • 姣媚
  • 姣美
  • 姣麗姣丽
  • 娥姣

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. beautiful
  2. handsome
  3. pretty

Readings

Usage notes

This kanji is very rare in Japanese.


Korean

Hanja

(gyo) (hangeul , revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo)

  1. lovely, charming
  2. lewdness

Vietnamese

Han character

(giảo)

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References