膠

See also: 胶

Translingual

Han character

膠 (radical 130 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月尸一竹 (BSMH), four-corner 7722₂, composition ⿰⺼翏)

1. glue
2. gum
3. resin
4. rubber

References

• KangXi: page 993, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29841
• Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2109, character 6
• Unihan data for U+81A0

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Chinese

trad.		膠
simp.		胶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu
• Min Nan (POJ): ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: chiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹
    • Yale: gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹
    • IPA: /ka̯u²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
    • Tâi-lô: ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠau/, /kʰˠau/, /kˠau^H/▼

Rime
Character	膠	膠	膠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	II
Fanqie	古肴切	口交切	古孝切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/	/kʰˠau/	/kˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/	/kʰᵚau/	/kᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/	/kʰau/	/kauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/	/kʰaɨw/	/kaɨwH/
Li Rong	/kau/	/kʰau/	/kauH/
Wang Li	/kau/	/kʰau/	/kauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau/	/kʰau/	/kauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	qiāo	jiào

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[k]ˤriw/, /*[k]ˤriwʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯːw/, /*krɯːws/, /*kʰrɯːw/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膠	膠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāo	jiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ kæw ›	‹ kæwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˤriw/	/*[k]ˤriwʔ/
English	glue	glue
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	膠	膠	膠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8350	8354	8355
Phonetic component	翏	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	交	敎	敲
Old Chinese	/*krɯːw/	/*krɯːws/	/*kʰrɯːw/
Notes			校本改目旁

Noun

膠

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Compounds

Compounds

膠袋／胶袋 (jiāodài, “plastic bag”) 膠球／胶球 (jiāoqiú, “glueball”) 膠子／胶子 (jiāozǐ, “gluon”) 膠版／胶版 膠版紙／胶版纸 膠布／胶布 膠帶／胶带 (jiāodài) 膠合／胶合 膠合板／胶合板 膠結／胶结 膠卷／胶卷 (jiāojuǎn), 膠卷兒／胶卷儿 膠木／胶木 膠囊／胶囊 (jiāonáng) 膠泥／胶泥 膠黏／胶黏 膠皮／胶皮 膠片／胶片 (jiāopiàn) 膠乳／胶乳 (jiāorǔ) 膠水／胶水 (jiāoshuǐ), 膠水兒／胶水儿 膠體溶液／胶体溶液 膠鞋／胶鞋 膠靴／胶靴 膠印／胶印 膠原／胶原 (jiāoyuán) 膠原病／胶原病 膠粘劑／胶粘剂 膠質／胶质 (jiāozhì) 膠柱鼓瑟／胶柱鼓瑟 (jiāo zhù gǔsè) 膠著／胶著

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Japanese

Kanji

膠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: きょう (kyō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: にかわ (nikawa)

Compounds

Compounds

阿膠 (あきょう) ‎(akyō) 魚膠 (うおにかわ) ‎(uonikawa) 希突起膠細胞 (きとっきこうさいぼう) ‎(kitokkikōsaibō): oligodendrocyte 魚膠 (ぎょこう) ‎(gyokō) 膠化 (こうか) ‎(kōka) 膠原質 (こうげんしつ) ‎(kōgenshitsu) 膠原繊維 (こうげんせんい) ‎(kōgensen'i) 膠原病 (こうげんびょう) ‎(kōgenbyō) 膠砂 (こうさ) ‎(kōsa) 膠剤 (こうざい) ‎(kōzai) 膠漆 (こうしつ) ‎(kōshitsu) 膠質 (こうしつ) ‎(kōshitsu) 膠州湾 (こうしゅうわん) ‎(Kōshūwan) 膠状 (こうじょう) ‎(kōjō) 膠着 (こうちゃく) ‎(kōchaku) 膠柱 (こうちゅう) ‎(kōchū) 膠泥 (こうでい) ‎(kōdei) 金泥 (こんでい) ‎(kondei) 漆膠 (しっこう) ‎(shikkō) 小膠細胞 (しょうこうさいぼう) ‎(shōkōsaibō): microglia 神経膠細胞 (しんけいこうさいぼう) ‎(shinkeikōsaibō): neuroglia 神経膠腫 (しんけいこうしゅ) ‎(shinkeikōshu): glioma 透 (す)き膠 (にかわ) ‎(sukinikawa) 星状膠細胞 (せいじょうこうさいぼう) ‎(seijōkōsaibō): astrocyte 膠下地 (にかわしたじ) ‎(nikawashitaji) 膠質 (にかわしつ) ‎(nikawashitsu) 膠 (にかわ)す ‎(nikawasu): stay as if stuck to glue 膠付 (にかわづ)け ‎(nikawazuke) 鮸膠 (にべ) ‎(nibe), 鰾膠 (にべ) ‎(nibe) 鰾膠 (にべにかわ) ‎(nibenikawa)

Kanji in this term
膠
にかわ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) にかわ [nìkáwá] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [nika̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

膠 ‎(hiragana にかわ, romaji nikawa, historical hiragana にかは)

1. glue

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Korean

Hanja

膠 • ‎(gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膠 (giao, keo)

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