撬

撬 U+64AC, 撬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AC ← 撫 [U+64AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 播 → [U+64AD]

Translingual

Han character

撬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手竹山山 (QHUU), four-corner 5201₄, composition ⿰扌毳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12746
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1959, character 2
• Unihan data for U+64AC

Chinese

trad.		撬
simp. #		撬

Glyph origin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiào, qiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ, ㄑㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu⁶, hiu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiāu / khiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, dated variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
    • Yale: chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu⁶, hiu³
    • Yale: giuh, hiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu⁶, hiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu⁶, hiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯²²/, /hiːu̯³³/

Note:

• giu6 - colloquial;
• hiu3 - variant.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiāu
    • Tâi-lô: kiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiau³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiau
    • Tâi-lô: khiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiau⁴⁴/

Definitions

撬

1. to pry open
2. (alt. form 翹／翘) to lift; to raise

Compounds

• 撬棒 (qiàobàng)
• 撬棍 (qiàogùn)
• 撬槓／撬杠 (qiàogàng)
• 撬竊／撬窃
• 撬鎖／撬锁 (qiàosuǒ)
• 撬門／撬门 (qiàomén)
• 撬開／撬开 (qiàokāi)
• 溜門撬鎖／溜门撬锁

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiauh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiauh
    • Tâi-lô: kiauh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiauq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiauʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiauʔ⁵/

Definitions

撬

1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to pry open

   鎖予賊仔撬開。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   锁予贼仔撬开。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Só hō͘ chha̍t-á kiauh khai. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The lock was pried open by the thief.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01675
• “撬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

撬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: あげる (ageru)

Vietnamese

Han character

撬: Hán Nôm readings: khiêu

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References

• Nom Foundation