佻

佻	U+4F7B, 佻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7B

Translingual

Han character

佻 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人中一人 (OLMO), four-corner 2221₃, composition ⿰亻兆)

Derived characters

𩋍

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 569
Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 150, character 5
Unihan data for U+4F7B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佻
alternative forms		窕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Small seal script s05841
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (兆) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
挑	l̥ʰaːw, l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ
洮	l̥ʰaːw, l'aːw, *lew
桃	*l'aːw
逃	*l'aːw
咷	l'aːw, l̥ʰeːws
鼗	*l'aːw
鞉	*l'aːw
駣	l'aːw, l'aːwʔ, l'aːws, l'ewʔ
𣂁	*sl̥ʰew
脁	*l̥ʰews
晁	*l'ew
兆	*l'ewʔ
旐	*l'ewʔ
狣	*l'ewʔ
鮡	l'ewʔ, l'eːw
垗	*l'ewʔ
姚	*lew
珧	*lew
銚	lew, l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws
恌	lew, l̥ʰeːw
烑	*lew
餆	*lew
筄	*lews
艞	*lews
佻	l̥ʰeːw, l'eːw
祧	*l̥ʰeːw
朓	l̥ʰeːw, l̥ʰeːwʔ
庣	*l̥ʰeːw
趒	l̥ʰeːw, l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
聎	*l̥ʰeːw
眺	*l̥ʰeːws
覜	*l̥ʰeːws
頫	l̥ʰeːws, poʔ
絩	*l̥ʰeːws
跳	l̥ʰeːws, l'eːw
窕	*l'eːwʔ
誂	*l'eːwʔ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāo (tiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ / tiu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiao
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹
  - Yale: tyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiau
  - Palladius: тяо (tjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tiu⁴ / tiu¹
  - Yale: tìuh / tīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ / tiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ / tiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹/, /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau
  - Tâi-lô: thiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiaw
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: thew, dew

Rime
Character	佻	佻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	吐彫切	徒聊切
Baxter	thew	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰeu/	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰeu/	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰeu/	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛw/	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/tʰeu/	/deu/
Wang Li	/tʰieu/	/dieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰieu/	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiāo	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu¹	tiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːw/, /*l'eːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佻	佻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16872	16889
Phonetic component	兆	兆
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	祧	迢
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeːw/	/*l'eːw/

Definitions

佻

frivolous
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to steal
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 挑

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiáo (tiao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao²
  - Yale: tyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyau
  - Palladius: тяо (tjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tiu⁴
  - Yale: tìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diaau
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²⁴/

Middle Chinese: dew

Rime
Character	佻
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切
Baxter	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/deu/
Wang Li	/dieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'eːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佻
Reading #	2/2
No.	16889
Phonetic component	兆
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	迢
Old Chinese	/*l'eːw/

Definitions

佻

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (walking) alone
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) graceful; elegant

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiào (tiao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiào
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴
  - Yale: tyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiaw
  - Palladius: тяо (tjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

佻

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) light; quick

Compounds

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎo (diao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tiao³
  - Yale: dyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deau
  - Palladius: дяо (djao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

佻

Pronunciation 5

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
  - Wade–Giles: yao²
  - Yale: yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

佻

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to delay

Pronunciation 6

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dào (dao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dào
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴
  - Yale: dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
  - Palladius: дао (dao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

佻

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) arrogant

Pronunciation 7

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
  - Wade–Giles: chao⁴
  - Yale: jàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
  - Palladius: чжао (čžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

佻

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 肇

References

“佻”, 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

佻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

佻 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

佻: Hán Nôm readings: điêu, đào, diêu

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References

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