狡

Translingual

Han character

狡 (radical 94 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜金大 (KHYCK), four-corner 4024₈, composition ⿰犭交)

1. cunning, deceitful, treacherous

References

• KangXi: page 710, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20365
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1345, character 9
• Unihan data for U+72E1

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		狡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo, xiào (jiao³, xiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ, ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chiao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau²
    • Yale: gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (狡, reconstructed)
Character (狡), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 古巧切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣauX/	/kauX/	/kauX/	/kɯauX/	/kaɨwX/	/kauX/	/kauX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (狡, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
狡					6307					交					宵					2					絞					/*kreːwʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

狡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sly, cunning, sneaky

Readings

• On: こう (kō), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: ずるい (zurui), わるがしこ (warugashiko)

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Korean

Hanja

狡 (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狡 (giảo, sinh, xảo)

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