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U+4EA4, 交
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA4

[U+4EA3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4EA5]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 8, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜金大 (YCK), four-corner 00408, composition or )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 291
  • Dae Jaweon: page 185, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 282, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4EA4

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – a human with crossed legs.

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rjaw (mix); cognate with Burmese ရော (rau:, to mix), Jingpho yau (be mixed), kəjau (to mix, intermix), compare Chepang [script needed] (ljawh-ʔo, mixed) and Proto-Mienic *klaau3 (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • kau - literary;
  • ka/ka̍h - vernacular.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (90)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter kaew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kˠau/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kᵚau/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kau/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kaɨw/
    Li
    Rong
    /kau/
    Wang
    Li
    /kau/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kau/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jiāo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gaau1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    jiāo
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kæw ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[k]ˁraw/
    English cross (v.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6296
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kreːw/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. to intersect; to cross
        ―  xiàngjiāo  ―  to intersect
      好運好运  ―  jiāo hǎoyùn  ―  to meet with good fortune
    2. to reach (a certain time)
    3. time or place where two things meet
        ―  chūn xià zhī jiāo  ―  when springs changes into summer
      世紀世纪  ―  shìjì zhī jiāo  ―  the turn of the century
      地處 [MSC, trad.]
      地处 [MSC, simp.]
      dìchù Yù Jìn liǎng shěnɡ zhī jiāo [Pinyin]
      located where the borders of Henan and Shanxi meet
    4. to hand over; to turn in; to submit
        ―  jiāobān  ―  to hand over to the next shift
      功課功课 [Cantonese]  ―  gaau1 gung1 fo3 [Jyutping]  ―  to turn in homework
      [Cantonese]  ―  gaau1 zo2 zou1 mei6? [Jyutping]  ―  Have you paid rent?
      任務 [MSC, trad.]
      任务 [MSC, simp.]
      Qǐng bǎ rènwù jiāo gěi wǒ ba! [Pinyin]
      Please assign me the task!
    5. to make (friends)
      朋友  ―  jiāo péngyǒu  ―  to make a friend
      男朋友  ―  jiāo nánpéngyǒu  ―  to get a boyfriend
    6. friendship; relationship
        ―  bāngjiāo  ―  diplomatic relations
      泛泛之  ―  fànfànzhījiāo  ―  acquaintance
      君子之淡如水  ―  jūnzǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ  ―  True friendship between two men of accomplishment need not be overly demonstrative.
    7. to have sexual intercourse; to mate
        ―  gāngjiāo  ―  to have anal sex
        ―  jiāo  ―  to hybridize; to crossbreed
    8. mutually; reciprocally
        ―  jiāotán  ―  to converse
        ―  jiāo  ―  to trade
    9. simultaneously; at the same time
    10. 16th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contact" (𝌕)
    11. (obsolete) Alternative form of
    12. (Hokkien, dated) Used to refer to a private wholesale trading company
      alt. forms: (jiāo)
    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“tumble; fall; leg; foot; lower limb; etc.”).
    (This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
    Notes:

    Etymology 3[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippines Hokkien) and
    2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippines Hokkien) with; accompanying
    Synonyms[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. to intersect
    2. to keep company with; to mix with
    3. to cross

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Related terms[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    こもごも
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
    こもごも
    [adverb] alternating; one after another
    [adverb] all mixed up and indistinct
    Alternative spellings
    交々, ,
    (This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun 사귈 (sagwil gyo))

    1. Hanja form? of (to intersect).

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: giao

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