僥

See also: 侥 and 徺

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		僥
simp.		侥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僥
Small seal script 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 人 (“man”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiau / kiáu / kiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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: hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
    • Yale: hīu / gíu / gīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /kiːu̯³⁵/, /kiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiau
    • Tâi-lô: hiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu
    • Tâi-lô: kiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
    • Tâi-lô: kiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁴⁴/

Note:

• hiau - vernacular;
• kiáu/kiau - literary.

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤewʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kŋeːwʔ/

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

(deprecated template usage) 僥

1. lucky
2. by chance; by luck

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngew

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/

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

(deprecated template usage) 僥

1. Only used in 僬僥／僬侥.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 僥

1. ^† fake

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Japanese

Kanji

僥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}; ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}; ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kun: ねがう (negau, 僥う); もとめる (motomeru, 僥める)

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Korean

Hanja

僥 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

僥: Hán Nôm readings: nghẹo

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