姣

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姣 U+59E3, 姣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E3
← 姢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姤 →

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. graceful
  2. beautiful, handsome, pretty
  3. cunning
  4. a surname

References

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

Chinese

trad. 姣
simp. # 姣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烄 *keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮 *pʰreːws
交 *kreːw
郊 *kreːw
茭 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟 *kreːw
鮫 *kreːw
鵁 *kreːw
咬 *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨 *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞 *kreːwʔ
狡 *kreːwʔ
姣 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校 *kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓 *kreːws
跤 *kʰreːw
頝 *kʰreːw
骹 *kʰraːw
齩 *ŋɡreːwʔ
洨 *ɡreːw
胶 *ɡreːw
效 *ɡreːws
効 *ɡreːws
傚 *ɡreːws
皎 *keːwʔ
恔 *keːwʔ
晈 *keːwʔ
窔 *qeːws
駮 *pqreːwɢ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: giou1 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 姣
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古巧切
Baxter kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaɨwX/
Li
Rong 		/kauX/
Wang
Li 		/kauX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gaau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姣
Reading # 1/2
No. 6311
Phonetic
component 		交
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		絞
Old
Chinese 		/*kreːwʔ/

Definitions

姣

  1. (literary) beautiful

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 姣
simp. # 姣
alternative forms 媱 Hakka
嬈／娆 Hokkien
嫐 Hokkien; Leizhou Min

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 姣
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡茅切
Baxter haew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠau/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦaɨw/
Li
Rong 		/ɣau/
Wang
Li 		/ɣau/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		haau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姣
Reading # 2/2
No. 6325
Phonetic
component 		交
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		肴
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡreːw/

Definitions

姣

  1. (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
  2. (Cantonese) to flirt with; to seduce
Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

姣

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. beautiful
  2. handsome
  3. pretty

Readings

Usage notes

This kanji is very rare in Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

姣 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo)

  1. lovely, charming
  2. lewdness

Vietnamese

Han character

姣: Hán Nôm readings: giảo

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References

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