歊

Translingual

Han character

歊 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月弓人 (YBNO), four-corner 0728₂, composition ⿰高欠)

1. vapor, steam
2. sigh

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 571, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16161
• Dae Jaweon: page 958, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2148, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6B4A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		歊

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	*kaːw, *kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞	*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗	*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjew, xowk

Rime
Character	歊	歊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	許嬌切	火酷切
Baxter	xjew	xowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiᴇu/	/huok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚiɛu/	/huok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiæu/	/xok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hiaw/	/hawk̚/
Li Rong	/xjɛu/	/xok̚/
Wang Li	/xĭɛu/	/xuok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ɛu/	/xuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	hu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu1	huk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraw/, /*qʰoːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歊	歊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3765	3781
Phonetic component	高	高
Rime group	宵	覺
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	嚻	熇
Old Chinese	/*qʰraw/	/*qʰoːwɢ/

Definitions

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Kanji

歊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō), こく (koku), かく (kaku)
• Kun: のぼる (noboru)