滘

滘 U+6ED8, 滘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6ED8 ← 滗 [U+6ED7] CJK Unified Ideographs 滙 → [U+6ED9]

Translingual

Han character

滘 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月金口 (EBCR) or 難水月金口 (XEBCR), four-corner 3716₁, composition ⿰氵⿱㓁𢀛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 643, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18059
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1709, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6ED8

Chinese

trad.		滘
simp. #		滘
alternative forms		𬈯 漖

Glyph origin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “weird right-side component; could it be related to 窖?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ga³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau³
    • Yale: gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²¹³/

Definitions

滘

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) branch of a river

Usage notes

• Often found in Cantonese placenames.

Compounds

• 倫教／伦教 (Lúnjiào)
• 倫滘／伦滘
• 北滘
• 大埔滘
• 廈滘／厦滘
• 思賢滘／思贤滘
• 新滘
• 滘口
• 滘心
• 滘西洲 (Jiàoxīzhōu)
• 瀝滘／沥滘
• 玉滘
• 茶滘
• 赤沙滘
• 道滘
• 雙滘／双滘
• 馬滘／马滘