佻

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		佻

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

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 佻

1. frivolous
2. ^† to steal
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 挑.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáo (tiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 佻

1. ^† (walking) alone
2. ^† graceful; elegant

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiào (tiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 佻

1. ^† light; quick

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎo (diao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˇ

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 佻

1. ^† to hang; to suspend
2. ^† far

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 佻

1. ^† to delay

Pronunciation 6

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dào (dao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 佻

1. ^† arrogant

Pronunciation 7

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

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• 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

(deprecated template usage) 佻

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

佻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: かるい (karui, 佻い)

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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

• Nom Foundation