僥
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Translingual
| Traditional | 僥 |
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| Shinjitai (extended) |
⿰亻尭 |
| Simplified | 侥 |
Han character
僥 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土土山 (OGGU), four-corner 24211, composition ⿰亻堯)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1113
- Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 12
- Unihan data for U+50E5
Chinese
| trad. | 僥 | |
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| simp. | 侥 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 僥 |
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 s05906 Transcribed ancient scripts  L07629  L07630 |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiau / kiáu / kiau
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ciau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
- Wade–Giles: chiao3
- Yale: jyǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
- Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Yale: hīu / gíu / gīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Guangdong Romanization: hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /kiːu̯³⁵/, /kiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: giu2/giu1 - variant.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu
- Tâi-lô: kiáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiao
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
- Tâi-lô: kiau
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁴⁴/
Note:
- hiau - vernacular;
- kiáu/kiau - literary.
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤewʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kŋeːwʔ/
Definitions
僥
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to covet; to seek greedily
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, by extension) to hope for unexpected success; to seek to avoid danger by chance
- used in 僥傒／侥傒 and 僥奇／侥奇
- used in 僥薄／侥薄
Compounds
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
- Wade–Giles: yao2
- Yale: yáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
- Palladius: яо (jao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jiu4
- Yale: yìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu4
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: ngew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/
Definitions
僥
Etymology 3
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
- Wade–Giles: chiao1
- Yale: jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
- Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
僥
References
- 羅竹風 , editor (1986–1994), “僥”, in 漢語大詞典 (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00237
Japanese
| ⿰亻尭 | |
| 僥 |
Kanji
僥
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻尭)
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Readings
- Go-on: きょう (kyō)←けう (keu, historical)、ぎょう (gyō)←げう (geu, historical)
- Kan-on: きょう (kyō)←けう (keu, historical)、ぎょう (gyō)←げう (geu, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō)←げう (geu, historical)
- Kun: ねがう (negau, 僥う)、もとめる (motomeru, 僥める)
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
僥: Hán Nôm readings: nhau, nghẹo
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