矯

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See also: 矫
矯 U+77EF, 矯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77EF
← 矮
[U+77EE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 矰 →
[U+77F0]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

矯 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人大竹大月 (OKHKB), four-corner 82427, composition ⿰矢喬)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24015
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1238, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2586, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+77EF

Chinese[edit]

trad. 矯
simp. 矫

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 矯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
驕 *krew
嬌 *krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
憍 *krew, *kʰrew
穚 *krew
鷮 *krew, *ɡrew
蕎 *krew, *ɡrew
喬 *krew, *ɡrew
簥 *krew
撟 *krew, *krewʔ
矯 *krewʔ
鱎 *krewʔ
敽 *krewʔ
蟜 *krewʔ, *ɡrew
譑 *krewʔ, *kʰews
蹻 *krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
繑 *kʰew
鞽 *kʰrew
趫 *kʰrew, *ɡrew
嘺 *ɡew
橋 *ɡrew
僑 *ɡrew
鐈 *ɡrew
毊 *ɡrew, *qʰrew
轎 *ɡrew, *ɡrews
嶠 *ɡrews
獢 *qʰrew
屩 *kewɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krewʔ): semantic 矢 (“arrow”) + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew): to straighten; to make as straight as an arrow shaft.

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 矯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居夭切
Baxter kjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiawX/
Li
Rong 		/kjɛuX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		giu2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 矯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjewX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k](r)[a]wʔ/
English falsify

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 矯
Reading # 1/1
No. 10335
Phonetic
component 		喬
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		矯
Old
Chinese 		/*krewʔ/

Definitions[edit]

矯

  1. to correct; to rectify; to straighten out
    矯正／矫正  ―  jiǎozhèng  ―  to correct
    矯枉過正／矫枉过正  ―  jiǎowǎngguòzhèng  ―  to overcorrect
  2. to pretend; to falsify; to fake; to forge
    矯制／矫制  ―  jiǎozhì  ―  to falsify a government order
  3. to be pretentious; to be artificial with manners, emotions, etc.
    矯揉造作／矫揉造作  ―  jiǎoróuzàozuò  ―  to act in a pretentious manner
  4. strong; powerful
    矯捷／矫捷  ―  jiǎojié  ―  strong and agile
  5. a surname

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

矯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. rectify
  2. straighten
  3. correct
  4. reform
  5. cure
  6. control
  7. pretend
  8. falsify

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

矯 (eumhun 바로잡을 교 (barojabeul gyo))

  1. Hanja form? of 교 (“correct, rectify, straighten out”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

矯: Hán Nôm readings: kiểu, kẻo, kẽo, khéo, kéo, kĩu

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