翹

See also: 翘

Translingual

Han character

翹 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土山尸一一 (GUSMM), four-corner 4721₂, composition ⿺堯羽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 959, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28808
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3357, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7FF9

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Chinese

trad.		翹
simp.		翘

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 *ɡew, *ɡews) : phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 羽 (“feather”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ / giu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
    • Yale: chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴ / giu⁶
    • Yale: kìuh / giuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ / giu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ / giu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹/, /kiːu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: gjiew

Rime
Character	翹
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠遙切
Baxter	gjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/
Li Rong	/ɡiɛu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翹
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiáo
Middle Chinese	‹ gjiew ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ew/ (failure to palatalize is unexplained)
English	long tail-feather
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	翹
Reading #	1/2
No.	14681
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翹
Old Chinese	/*ɡew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 翹

1. ^† long tail feathers of a bird; rectrix
2. ^† bird's tail
3. ^† animal's tail
4. to lift; to raise
5. to expose; to reveal; to uncover; to arouse
6. (colloquial, of wooden plank, paper, etc.) to become twisted; to be warped after getting wet and drying up
7. outstanding; extraordinary
8. high; dangerous
9. ^† lush; luxuriant
10. ^† (historical) a kind of hair jewelry worn by ancient women, shaped like a bird's tail
11. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 篪 (chí, “ancient musical instrument”).

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 翹

1. (colloquial) to stick up (one end of an object, such as a tail); to curl up; to turn upwards
2. (colloquial) to leave in stealth; to play truant; to wag (from school)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

翹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. excellence

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: つまだてる (tsumadateru), あげる (ageru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 翹 (kiều)

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