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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女竹大月 (VHKB), four-corner 42427, composition)

  1. seductive and loveable
  2. tender

References

  • KangXi: page 271, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6739
  • Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1081, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5B0C

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*krew
*krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
*krew, *kʰrew
*krew
*krew, *ɡrew
*krew, *ɡrew
*krew, *ɡrew
*krew
*krew, *krewʔ
*krewʔ
*krewʔ
*krewʔ
*krewʔ, *ɡrew
*krewʔ, *kʰews
*krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
*kʰew
*kʰrew
*kʰrew, *ɡrew
*ɡew
*ɡrew
*ɡrew
*ɡrew
*ɡrew, *qʰrew
*ɡrew, *ɡrews
*ɡrews
*qʰrew
*kewɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (28) (30) (28)
Final () (92) (92) (92)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () Chongniu III Chongniu III Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiᴇu/ /ɡˠiᴇu/ /kˠiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiɛu/ /ɡᵚiɛu/ /kᵚiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiæu/ /ɡiæu/ /kiæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiaw/ /giaw/ /kiawX/
Li
Rong
/kjɛu/ /ɡjɛu/ /kjɛuX/
Wang
Li
/kĭɛu/ /ɡĭɛu/ /kĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɛu/ /gi̯ɛu/ /ki̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo qiáo jiǎo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 10327 10339 10359
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krew/ /*krewʔ/ /*ɡrew/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 嬌兒娇儿 (jiāo'ér)
  • 嬌嗔娇嗔
  • 嬌好娇好
  • 嬌妻娇妻
  • 嬌娃娇娃
  • 嬌婉娇婉
  • 嬌媚娇媚
  • 嬌嫩娇嫩
  • 嬌嬈娇娆
  • 嬌客娇客
  • 嬌寵娇宠
  • 嬌痴娇痴
  • 嬌縱娇纵 (jiāozòng)
  • 嬌美娇美
  • 嬌羞娇羞 (jiāoxiū)
  • 嬌翠娇翠
  • 嬌脆娇脆
  • 嬌裡嬌氣娇里娇气
  • 嬌豔娇艳
  • 嬌貴娇贵
  • 嬌養娇养

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(kiều)

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