蹺

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See also: 𮛡 and 跷
蹺 U+8E7A, 蹺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E7A
← 蹹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蹻 →

Translingual

Traditional 蹺
Shinjitai
(extended) 		𮛡
Simplified 跷

Han character

蹺 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土山 (RMGGU), four-corner 64111, composition ⿰𧾷堯)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1234, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37886
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1706, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3737, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8E7A

Chinese

trad. 蹺
simp. 跷
alternative forms 蹻／跷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撓 *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃 *rŋaːw
譊 *rŋaːw
橈 *rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽 *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝 *ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘 *hŋreːw
顤 *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒 *hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒 *ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯 *ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘 *ŋjew
襓 *ŋjew
繞 *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶 *ŋjewʔ
嬈 *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬 *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺 *ŋ̊ʰew
翹 *ɡew, *ɡews
澆 *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍 *ŋkeːw
僥 *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯 *ŋeːw
垚 *ŋeːw
嶢 *ŋeːw
獟 *ŋeːws
膮 *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵 *hŋeːw
憢 *hŋeːw
曉 *hŋeːwʔ
皢 *hŋeːwʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kiou1 - Chaozhou;
  • kiao1 - Shantou.
    Rime
    Character 蹺
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
    Final (韻) 宵 (91)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 去遙切
    Baxter khjiew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kʰiᴇu/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kʰiɛu/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kʰjæu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kʰiaw/
    Li
    Rong         		/kʰiɛu/
    Wang
    Li         		/kʰĭɛu/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/kʰi̯ɛu/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		qiāo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		hiu1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 蹺
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14679
    Phonetic
    component         		垚
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		蹻
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ŋ̊ʰew/

    Definitions

    蹺

    1. to raise one's foot

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 繑 (“(Cantonese) coil, wind”).
    (This character is a variant form of 繑).

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 巧 (“(Cantonese) opportune; coincidental”).
    (This character is a variant form of 巧).

    Japanese

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    		𮛡

    Kyūjitai

    		蹺

    Kanji

    蹺

    (Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮛡)

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
    • Kun: みがるい (migarui)

    Korean

    Hanja

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

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    蹺: Hán Nôm readings: nghều

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