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Translingual
Han character
姣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 40448, composition ⿰女交)
- graceful
- beautiful, handsome, pretty
- cunning
- 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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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烄
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*keːws, *kreːwʔ
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礮
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*pʰreːws
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交
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*kreːw
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郊
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*kreːw
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茭
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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蛟
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*kreːw
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鮫
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*kreːw
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鵁
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*kreːw
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咬
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*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
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鉸
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
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佼
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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詨
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*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
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絞
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*kreːwʔ
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狡
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*kreːwʔ
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姣
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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筊
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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校
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*kreːws, *ɡreːws
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珓
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*kreːws
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跤
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*kʰreːw
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頝
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*kʰreːw
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骹
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*kʰraːw
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齩
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*ŋɡreːwʔ
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洨
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*ɡreːw
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胶
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*ɡreːw
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效
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*ɡreːws
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効
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*ɡreːws
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傚
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*ɡreːws
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皎
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*keːwʔ
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恔
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*keːwʔ
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晈
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*keːwʔ
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窔
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*qeːws
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駮
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*pqreːwɢ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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姣
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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6311
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Phonetic component
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交
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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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絞
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Old Chinese
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/*kreːwʔ/
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Definitions
姣
- (literary) beautiful
Compounds
Etymology 2
trad.
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姣
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simp. #
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姣
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alternative forms
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媱 Hakka 嬈/娆 Hokkien 嫐 Hokkien; Leizhou Min
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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姣
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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6325
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Phonetic component
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交
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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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肴
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡreːw/
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Definitions
姣
- (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
- (Cantonese) to flirt with; to seduce
2017 April 28, 梁靜儀, “張兆輝不阻愛女入行 提曾守明猝逝眼泛淚光”, in 文匯報, page A36:
身為女神的陳瀅,對於戲中要姣張振朗,她坦言起初都尷尬 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
身为女神的陈滢,对于戏中要姣张振朗,她坦言起初都尴尬 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- san1 wai4 neoi5 san4 dik1 can4 jing4, deoi3 jyu1 hei3 zung1 jiu3 haau4 zoeng1 zan3 long5, taa1 taan2 jin4 hei2 co1 dou1 gaam3 gaai3
- As for needing to flirt with Owen Cheung in the drama, Jeannie Chan, as a "goddess", confessed that she felt awkward in the beginning
Synonyms
- (lewd): 淫蕩/淫荡 (yíndàng), 淫亂/淫乱 (yínluàn)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
姣
(Hyōgai kanji)
- beautiful
- handsome
- pretty
Readings
Usage notes
This kanji is very rare in Japanese.
Korean
Hanja
姣 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo)
- lovely, charming
- lewdness
Vietnamese
Han character
姣: Hán Nôm readings: giảo
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