矯

See also: 矫

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		矯
simp.		矫

Glyph origin

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, OC *krewʔ): semantic 矢 (“arrow”) + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu², kiu²
• Min Nan (POJ): kiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu², kiu²
    • Yale: gíu, kíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu², kiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu², kiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³⁵/, /kʰiːu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu
    • Tâi-lô: kiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiaʊ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiᴇu^X/

Rime
Character	矯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	居夭切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k](r)[a]wʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krewʔ/

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

矯

1. to correct; to rectify; to straighten out
2. to be pretentious
3. strong; powerful
4. A surname​.

Compounds

• 企足矯首／企足矫首
• 夭矯／夭矫
• 夭矯離奇／夭矫离奇
• 拿矯／拿矫
• 曲心矯肚／曲心矫肚
• 矯世／矫世
• 矯世勵俗／矫世励俗
• 矯世變俗／矫世变俗
• 矯亢／矫亢
• 矯作／矫作
• 矯俗／矫俗
• 矯健／矫健 (jiǎojiàn)
• 矯制／矫制
• 矯厲／矫厉
• 矯命／矫命
• 矯孑／矫孑
• 矯形／矫形 (jiǎoxíng)

• 矯情／矫情 (jiǎoqíng)
• 矯情干譽／矫情干誉
• 矯情立異／矫情立异
• 矯情自飾／矫情自饰
• 矯情鎮物／矫情镇物
• 矯情飾行／矫情饰行
• 矯情飾詐／矫情饰诈
• 矯情飾貌／矫情饰貌
• 矯捷／矫捷 (jiǎojié)
• 矯揉／矫揉
• 矯揉造作／矫揉造作 (jiǎoróuzàozuò)
• 矯枉過正／矫枉过正 (jiǎowǎngguòzhèng)
• 矯枉過直／矫枉过直
• 矯正／矫正 (jiǎozhèng)
• 矯正處分／矫正处分
• 矯治／矫治 (jiǎozhì)
• 矯激奇詭／矫激奇诡

• 矯矯／矫矫
• 矯矯不群／矫矫不群
• 矯若游龍／矫若游龙
• 矯若遊龍／矫若游龙
• 矯若驚龍／矫若惊龙
• 矯虔／矫虔
• 矯言偽行／矫言伪行
• 矯託／矫托
• 矯詔／矫诏 (jiǎozhào)
• 矯誕／矫诞
• 矯誣／矫诬
• 矯邪歸正／矫邪归正
• 矯飾／矫饰 (jiǎoshì)
• 矯飾偽行／矫饰伪行
• 矯首／矫首
• 身手矯捷／身手矫捷

References

• “矯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

矯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō, common)
• Kun: ためる (tameru, 矯める, common); いつわる (itsuwaru, 矯る)

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Korean

Hanja

矯 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

矯 (kiểu, kẻo, kẽo, khéo, kéo, kĩu)

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