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Translingual
Han character
翹 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土山尸一一 (GUSMM), four-corner 47212, composition ⿺堯羽)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 959, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28808
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3357, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7FF9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 撓
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*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
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| 鐃
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*rŋaːw
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| 譊
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*rŋaːw
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| 橈
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*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
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| 磽
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
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| 墝
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw
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| 穘
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*hŋreːw
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| 顤
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*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
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| 燒
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*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
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| 饒
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*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
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| 蟯
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*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
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| 蕘
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*ŋjew
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| 襓
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*ŋjew
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| 繞
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*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
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| 遶
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*ŋjewʔ
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| 嬈
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*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
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| 趬
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*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
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| 蹺
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*ŋ̊ʰew
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| 翹
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*ɡew, *ɡews
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| 澆
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*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
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| 驍
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*ŋkeːw
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| 僥
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*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
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| 堯
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*ŋeːw
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| 垚
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*ŋeːw
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| 嶢
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*ŋeːw
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| 獟
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*ŋeːws
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| 膮
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*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
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| 嘵
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*hŋeːw
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| 憢
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*hŋeːw
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| 曉
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*hŋeːwʔ
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| 皢
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*hŋeːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡew, *ɡews) : phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 羽 (“feather”).
Etymology 1
Schuessler (2007) considers this to be probably unrelated to the word family of 喬 (OC *krew, “tall”) and instead proposes cognacy with Proto-Northern Naga *gyaw (“high”).
Sagart (2021b) connects this to Tibetan སྒྲོ (sgro, “large feather”), which he (Sagart, 2017b) has also connected to 喬 (OC *krew).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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翹
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiáo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjiew ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ew/ (failure to palatalize is unexplained)
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| English
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long tail-feather
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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翹
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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14681
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Phonetic
component
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垚
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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翹
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡew/
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Definitions
翹
- † long tail feathers of a bird; rectrix
- † bird's tail
- † animal's tail
- to lift; to raise
- to expose; to reveal; to uncover; to arouse
- (colloquial, of wooden plank, paper, etc.) to become twisted; to be warped from water damage
- outstanding; extraordinary
- high; dangerous
- † lush; luxuriant
- † (historical) a kind of hair jewelry worn by ancient women, shaped like a bird's tail
- † Alternative form of 篪 (chí, “ancient musical instrument”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from etymology 1?”)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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翹
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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14682
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Phonetic
component
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垚
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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翹
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡews/
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Definitions
翹
- (colloquial) to stick up (one end of an object, such as a tail); to curl up; to turn upwards
- (colloquial) to leave in stealth; to play truant; to wag (from school)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
翹
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- excellence
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
翹 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)
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Compounds
Compounds
- 연교 (連翹, yeon'gyo)
- 교사 (翹思, gyosa)
- 교망 (翹望, gyomang)
- 교수 (翹首, gyosu)
- 교초 (翹楚, gyocho)
- 교두 (翹頭, gyodu)
- 교수 (翹秀, gyosu)
- 암연교 (巖連翹, amyeon'gyo)
- 중교두 (重翹頭, junggyodu)
- 연교화 (連翹花, yeon'gyohwa)
- 교참 (翹懺, gyocham)
- 교륜 (翹綸, gyoryun)
- 교기 (翹跂, gyogi)
- 교영 (翹榮, gyoyeong)
- 교영 (翹英, gyoyeong)
- 취교 (翠翹, chwigyo)
Vietnamese
Han character
翹: Hán Việt readings: kiều
翹: Nôm readings: khiêu, kẻo
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Compounds