嬌

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See also: 娇
嬌 U+5B0C, 嬌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B0C
← 嬋
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嬍 →

Translingual

Han character

嬌 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女竹大月 (VHKB), four-corner 42427, composition ⿰女喬)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6739
  • Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1081, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5B0C

Chinese

trad. 嬌
simp. 娇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嬌
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
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 *krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • giao1 - Shantou;
  • giou1 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 嬌 嬌 嬌
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 群 (30) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 宵 (92) 宵 (92) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 舉喬切 巨嬌切 居夭切
Baxter kjew gjew kjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiᴇu/ /ɡˠiᴇu/ /kˠiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiɛu/ /ɡᵚiɛu/ /kᵚiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiæu/ /ɡiæu/ /kiæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiaw/ /giaw/ /kiawX/
Li
Rong 		/kjɛu/ /ɡjɛu/ /kjɛuX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɛu/ /ɡĭɛu/ /kĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɛu/ /gi̯ɛu/ /ki̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiāo qiáo jiǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		giu1 kiu4 giu2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬌 嬌 嬌
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 10327 10339 10359
Phonetic
component 		喬 喬 喬
Rime
group 		宵 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision 		2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		驕 矯 喬
Old
Chinese 		/*krew/ /*krewʔ/ /*ɡrew/

Definitions

嬌

  1. pampered; spoiled
  2. seductive and loveable
  3. tender; delicate
  4. beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady
  5. to dote on; to make a pet of

Synonyms

  • (to dote on):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嬌

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. seductive

Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

嬌: Hán Nôm readings: kiều

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