較

See also: 较

Translingual

Han character

較 (radical 159 車+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十十卜金大 (JJYCK), four-corner 5004₈, composition ⿰車交)

1. compare
2. comparatively, more

References

• KangXi: page 1242, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38297
• Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3531, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8F03

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Chinese

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trad.		較
simp.		较

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chiao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³
    • Yale: gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kha
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kʰa⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (較, reconstructed)
Character (較), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 古孝切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣauH/	/kauH/	/kauH/	/kɯauH/	/kaɨwH/	/kauH/	/kauH/
Character (較), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 覺 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 古岳切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣʌk̚/	/kɔk̚/	/kɔk̚/	/kɯɔk̚/	/kaɨwk̚/	/kɔk̚/	/kɔk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (較, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
較					14644					爻					豹					2					敎					/*kreːwɢs/					說文從爻聲
較					14654					爻					藥					2					覺					/*kreːwɢ/					說文從爻聲

Compounds

• 比較

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Japanese

Kanji

較

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かく (kaku), こう (kō)
• Kun: くらべる (kuraberu)

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Korean

Hanja

較 (gyo, gak) (hangeul 교, 각, revised gyo, gak, McCune-Reischauer kyo, kak, Yale kyo, kak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

較 (giác, giảo)

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