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僥

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See also: 侥, 徺, and ⿰亻尭
僥 U+50E5, 僥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50E5
← 僤
[U+50E4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僦 →
[U+50E6]

Translingual

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Traditional 僥
Shinjitai
(extended) 		⿰亻尭
Simplified 侥

Han character

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僥 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土土山 (OGGU), four-corner 24211, composition ⿰亻堯)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1113
  • Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+50E5

Chinese

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trad. 僥
simp. 侥

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 僥
s05906
Transcribed ancient scripts
L07629
L07630
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 (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撓 *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃 *rŋaːw
譊 *rŋaːw
橈 *rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽 *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝 *ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘 *hŋreːw
顤 *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒 *hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒 *ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯 *ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘 *ŋjew
襓 *ŋjew
繞 *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶 *ŋjewʔ
嬈 *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬 *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺 *ŋ̊ʰew
翹 *ɡew, *ɡews
澆 *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍 *ŋkeːw
僥 *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯 *ŋeːw
垚 *ŋeːw
嶢 *ŋeːw
獟 *ŋeːws
膮 *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵 *hŋeːw
憢 *hŋeːw
曉 *hŋeːwʔ
皢 *hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Note: giu2/giu1 - variant.
Note:
  • hiau - vernacular;
  • kiáu/kiau - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 僥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kewX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k]ˁewʔ/
English luck

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僥
Reading # 1/2
No. 14687
Phonetic
component 		垚
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*kŋeːwʔ/
Notes 僥倖見莊子

Definitions

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僥

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to covet; to seek greedily
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, by extension) to hope for unexpected success; to seek to avoid danger by chance
  3. Used in 僥傒／侥傒 and 僥奇／侥奇.
  4. Used in 僥薄／侥薄.

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 僥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 五聊切
Baxter ngew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋeu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋeu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋeu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɛw/
Li
Rong 		/ŋeu/
Wang
Li 		/ŋieu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jiu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僥
Reading # 2/2
No. 14691
Phonetic
component 		垚
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		堯
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋeːw/

Definitions

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僥

  1. Only used in 僬僥／僬侥.

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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僥

  1. (historical dictionaries only) fake
    alt. forms: 憢 / 𢙒 (jiāo), 儌 / 侥
    Synonym: 偽 / 伪 (wěi)

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

⿰亻尭

Print
standard

僥

Kanji

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僥

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻尭)

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Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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僥 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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僥: Hán Nôm readings: nhau, nghẹo

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