轎

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See also: 轿
轎 U+8F4E, 轎
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Translingual

Han character

轎 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十十竹大月 (JJHKB), four-corner 52027, composition ⿰車喬)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1248, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38532
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1727, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3556, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8F4E

Chinese

trad. 轎
simp. 轿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
驕 *krew
嬌 *krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
憍 *krew, *kʰrew
穚 *krew
鷮 *krew, *ɡrew
蕎 *krew, *ɡrew
喬 *krew, *ɡrew
簥 *krew
撟 *krew, *krewʔ
矯 *krewʔ
鱎 *krewʔ
敽 *krewʔ
蟜 *krewʔ, *ɡrew
譑 *krewʔ, *kʰews
蹻 *krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
繑 *kʰew
鞽 *kʰrew
趫 *kʰrew, *ɡrew
嘺 *ɡew
橋 *ɡrew
僑 *ɡrew
鐈 *ɡrew
毊 *ɡrew, *qʰrew
轎 *ɡrew, *ɡrews
嶠 *ɡrews
獢 *qʰrew
屩 *kewɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡrew, *ɡrews) : semantic 車 + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kiāu - literary;
  • kiō - vernacular;
  • kiau - colloquial.
Note:
  • giê7 - Chaozhou;
  • gio7 - Shantou.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 轎
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɑu⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕiau⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕiɑu⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕiɔ²¹/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiau³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕiau³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕiau¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕiao²¹³/
Kunming /t͡ɕiɔ²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡ɕiɔo⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑiɔ²³/
Suzhou /d͡ʑiæ³¹/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiɔ¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡ʑiɛ²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiɔ²²/
Tunxi /t͡ɕio⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕiau¹¹/
Xiangtan /d͡ʑiaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɛu²¹/
Hakka Meixian /kʰiau⁵³/
Taoyuan /kʰeu⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kiu³⁵/
Nanning /kiu²²/
Hong Kong /kiu³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kiau²²/
/kio²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kiɛu²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kiau⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kio³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kio²³/
Rime
Character 轎 轎
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 宵 (92) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 巨嬌切 渠廟切
Baxter gjew gjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiᴇu/ /ɡˠiᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiɛu/ /ɡᵚiɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiæu/ /ɡiæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/giaw/ /giawH/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjɛu/ /ɡjɛuH/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭɛu/ /ɡĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ɛu/ /gi̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiáo jiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kiu4 giu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 轎 轎
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10358 10362
Phonetic
component 		喬 喬
Rime
group 		宵 宵
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		喬 嶠
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡrew/ /*ɡrews/
Notes 見漢書 見漢書

Definitions

轎

  1. bamboo carriage
  2. sedan chair; palanquin (Classifier: 頂／顶 c)
    來人啊，備轎！／来人啊，备轿！  ―  Láirén a, bèi jiào!  ―  Men, get my palanquin ready!

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (轎):
  • → Vietnamese: kiệu (轎)

Others:

References

Japanese

Kanji

轎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. palanquin
  2. litter

Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. palanquin
  2. sedan chair

Vietnamese

Han character

轎: Hán Nôm readings: kiệu

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