皢

皢 U+76A2, 皢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76A2 ← 皡 [U+76A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 皣 → [U+76A3]

Translingual

Han character

皢 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+12, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 竹日土土山 (HAGGU), composition ⿰白堯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 789, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22781
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2651, character 13
• Unihan data for U+76A2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		皢

Glyph origin

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 *hŋeːwʔ): semantic 白 + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎo (xiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³
    • Yale: syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hiu²
    • Yale: híu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xewX

Rime
Character	皢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	馨皛切
Baxter	xewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heuX/
Pan Wuyun	/heuX/
Shao Rongfen	/xeuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛwX/
Li Rong	/xeuX/
Wang Li	/xieuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皢
Reading #	1/1
No.	14700
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	䥵
Old Chinese	/*hŋeːwʔ/

Definitions

皢

1. alternative form of 曉 / 晓 (xiǎo)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C08116

Japanese

Shinjitai	𭽙
Kyūjitai	皢

Kanji

皢

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𭽙)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: しろい (shiroi, 皢い)、あきらか (akiraka, 皢らか)