姣

姣 U+59E3, 姣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E3 ← 姢 [U+59E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 姤 → [U+59E4]

Translingual

Han character

姣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 4044₈, composition ⿰女交)

1. graceful
2. beautiful, handsome, pretty
3. cunning
4. a surname

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6214
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 5
• Unihan data for U+59E3

Chinese

trad.		姣
simp. #		姣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烄	*keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟	*kreːw
鮫	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞	*kreːwʔ
狡	*kreːwʔ
姣	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校	*kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效	*ɡreːws
効	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo, jiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ, ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): giao¹ / giou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau²
    • Yale: gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giao¹ / giou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiau / kiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiau³³/, /kiou³³/

Note: giou1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: kaewX

Rime
Character	姣
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古巧切
Baxter	kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/kauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwX/
Li Rong	/kauX/
Wang Li	/kauX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姣
Reading #	1/2
No.	6311
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/

Definitions

姣

1. (literary) beautiful

Compounds

• 夸姣
• 姣好 (jiāohǎo)
• 姣媚
• 姣美 (jiāoměi)
• 姣麗／姣丽
• 娥姣

 

Etymology 2

trad.		姣
simp. #		姣
alternative forms		媱 Hakka 嬈／娆 Hokkien 嫐 Hokkien; Leizhou Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiáo (xiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hièu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hiau²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiâu

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hiao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao²
    • Yale: syáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haau⁴
    • Yale: hàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hieu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hieu²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯eu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiau²
    • Sinological IPA: /hiau¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu
    • Tâi-lô: hiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau²³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: hiao⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hiau²²/

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• Middle Chinese: haew

Rime
Character	姣
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡茅切
Baxter	haew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨw/
Li Rong	/ɣau/
Wang Li	/ɣau/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姣
Reading #	2/2
No.	6325
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	肴
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːw/

Definitions

姣

1. (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
2. (Cantonese) to flirt with; to seduce
   • 2017 April 28, 梁靜儀, “張兆輝不阻愛女入行 提曾守明猝逝眼泛淚光”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po], page A36:

     身為女神的陳瀅，對於戲中要姣張振朗，她坦言起初都尷尬 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     身为女神的陈滢，对于戏中要姣张振朗，她坦言起初都尴尬 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     san¹ wai⁴ neoi⁵ san⁴ dik¹ can⁴ jing⁴, deoi³ jyu¹ hei³ zung¹ jiu³ haau⁴ zoeng¹ zan³ long⁵, taa¹ taan² jin⁴ hei² co¹ dou¹ gaam³ gaai³ [Jyutping]

     As for needing to flirt with Owen Cheung in the drama, Jeannie Chan, as a "goddess", confessed that she felt awkward in the beginning

Synonyms

• (lewd): 淫蕩／淫荡 (yíndàng), 淫亂／淫乱 (yínluàn)

Compounds

• 姣婆 (jiāopó)
• 姣婊
• 姣嫲
• 姣屍扽篤／姣尸扽笃
• 姣查某
• 姣氣／姣气
• 姣牛嫲
• 姣羅／姣罗
• 姣花
• 發姣／发姣
• 發姣發扽／发姣发扽
• 老姣

 

References

• “姣”, 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

姣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. beautiful
2. handsome
3. pretty

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 姣い)、うつくしい (utsukushii, 姣しい)、いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 姣い)

Usage notes

This kanji is very rare in Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

姣 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo)

1. lovely, charming
2. lewdness

Vietnamese

Han character

姣: Hán Nôm readings: giảo

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References

• Nom Foundation