皎日

Chinese

		bright; white	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (皎日)		皎	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎorì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎorì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎorìh
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-jih⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeauryh
    • Palladius: цзяожи (czjaoži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² jat⁶
    • Yale: gáau yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ jɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kewX nyit

Rime
Character	皎	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古了切	人質切
Baxter	kewX	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keuX/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/keuX/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/keuX/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛwX/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/keuX/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/kieuX/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieuX/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu2	jat6

Noun

皎日

1. (literary) bright sun

Usage notes

Usually used in oaths.

See also

• 皦日 (jiǎorì)