趫

趫 U+8DAB, 趫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DAB ← 趪 [U+8DAA] CJK Unified Ideographs 趬 → [U+8DAC]

Translingual

Han character

趫 (radical 156, 走+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 土人竹大月 (GOHKB), four-corner 4280₂, composition ⿺走喬)

1. vigorous and agile brisk

References

• KangXi: page 1220, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37303
• Dae Jaweon: page 1691, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3500, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8DAB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		趫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 趫
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): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴
    • Yale: kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇu/, /kʰˠiᴇu/

Rime
Character	趫	趫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	巨嬌切	起嚻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇu/	/kʰˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛu/	/kʰᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæu/	/kʰiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/	/kʰiaw/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛu/	/kʰjɛu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/	/kʰĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/	/kʰi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	qiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4	hiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰrew/, /*ɡrew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	趫	趫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10347	10354
Phonetic component	喬	喬
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime		喬
Old Chinese	/*kʰrew/	/*ɡrew/

Definitions

趫

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Compounds

• 尖尖趫趫
• 趫悍

• 趫才
• 趫捷

• 趫踔
• 高趫

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04861

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Japanese

Kanji

趫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. nimble

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō), ぎょう (gyō), ちょう (chō)
• Kun: すばやい (subayai)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. nimble
2. robust
3. brave