憔

Translingual

Han character

憔 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 心人土火 (POGF), four-corner 9003₁, composition ⿰忄焦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 402, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11213
• Dae Jaweon: page 742, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2355, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6194

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		憔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâu / tâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
    • Yale: chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴
    • Yale: chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâ
    • Tâi-lô: tâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ta²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ta¹³/

Note:

• chiâu - literary;
• tâ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: dzjew

Rime
Character	憔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昨焦切
Baxter	dzjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憔
Reading #	1/1
No.	6356
Phonetic component	焦
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	樵
Old Chinese	/*zew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 憔

1. Only used in compounds.

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Japanese

Kanji

憔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. be emaciated, get thin

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: やつれる (yatsureru, 憔れる)、やせる (yaseru, 憔る)

Compounds

• 憔悴(しょうすい) (shōsui)

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Korean

Hanja

憔 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 憔 (tiều)

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