蟜

Translingual

Han character

蟜 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹大月 (LIHKB), four-corner 5212₇, composition ⿰虫喬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33584
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2892, character 11
• Unihan data for U+87DC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蟜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蟜
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: giu²
    • Yale: gíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjew, kjewX

Rime
Character	蟜	蟜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨嬌切	居夭切
Baxter	gjew	kjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇu/	/kˠiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛu/	/kᵚiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæu/	/kiæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/	/kiawX/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛu/	/kjɛuX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/	/kĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/	/ki̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4	giu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krewʔ/, /*ɡrew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟜	蟜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10340	10360
Phonetic component	喬	喬
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	矯	喬
Old Chinese	/*krewʔ/	/*ɡrew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟜

1. insect
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

蟜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō), ぎょう (gyō)