喬

See also 乔

Translingual

simpl.		乔
trad.		喬

Etymology

夭 + 高

Han character

喬 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹大口月口 (HKRBR), four-corner 2022₇, composition ⿱⿵夭口冋)

1. tall, lofty
2. proud, stately

Derived characters

• 僑 撟 蕎 嶠 驕 嬌 橋 轎 礄 矯 鞽

References

• KangXi: page 200, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3990
• Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 656, character 12
• Unihan data for U+55AC

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Cantonese

Hanzi

喬 (simplified 乔, Yale kiu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

喬

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō), ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: たかい (takai)

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Korean

Hanja

喬 (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

喬 (simplified 乔, pinyin chán (chan2), qiáo (qiao2), shàn (shan4), Wade-Giles ch'an², ch'iao², shan⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喬 (kiều)