蹺

See also: 𮛡 and 跷

蹺 U+8E7A, 蹺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E7A ← 蹹 [U+8E79] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹻 → [U+8E7B]

Translingual

Traditional	蹺
Shinjitai (extended)	𮛡
Simplified	跷

Han character

蹺 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, Cangjie input 口一土土山 (RMGGU), four-corner 6411₁, composition ⿰𧾷堯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1234, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37886
• Dae Jaweon: page 1706, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3737, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8E7A

Chinese

trad.		蹺
simp.		跷
alternative forms		蹻／跷 趬／𰷵 𣦜

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāo (qiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiou¹ / kiao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
    • Yale: chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiau
    • Tâi-lô: khiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiau³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiou¹ / kiao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiou / khiau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiou³³/, /kʰiau³³/

Note:

• kiou1 - Chaozhou;
• kiao1 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: khjiew

Rime
Character	蹺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去遙切
Baxter	khjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiaw/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛu/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹺
Reading #	1/1
No.	14679
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹻
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰew/

Definitions

蹺

1. to raise one's foot
2. to tiptoe
3. stilts

Compounds

• 趁腳蹺 / 趁脚跷
• 踏蹺 / 踏跷
• 踏高蹻 / 踏高跷
• 踩高蹺 / 踩高跷 (cǎi gāoqiāo)
• 蹊蹺 / 蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
• 蹺家 / 跷家 (qiāojiā)
• 蹺工 / 跷工
• 蹺敧 / 跷敧
• 蹺班 / 跷班
• 蹺課 / 跷课
• 蹺足 / 跷足
• 蹺足而待 / 跷足而待
• 蹺蹊 / 跷蹊 (qiāoqī)
• 蹺蹺板 / 跷跷板 (qiāoqiāobǎn)
• 蹺辮子 / 跷辫子
• 高蹺 / 高跷 (gāoqiāo)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 繑 (“(Cantonese) coil, wind”). (This character is a variant form of 繑).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 巧 (“(Cantonese) opportune; coincidental”). (This character is a variant form of 巧).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮛡
Print standard	蹺

Kanji

蹺

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮛡)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: みがるい (migarui)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蹺: Hán Việt readings: nghiêu, khiêu, kiệu
蹺: Nôm readings: theo, nhiêu, nghều, nhau

Nom glyph origin 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, nhiêu): semantic 足 (“foot”) + abbreviated phonetic 饒 (nhiêu).

Combining form

蹺 • (nhiêu)

1. chữ Nôm form of nhiêu (“used in nhiêu khê (“troublesome”)”)

Nom glyph origin 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, theo): semantic 足 (“foot”) + abbreviated phonetic 燒 (thiêu).

Verb

蹺 • (theo)

1. chữ Nôm form of theo (“to follow; to accompany”)

Preposition

蹺 • (theo)

1. chữ Nôm form of theo (“along; according to”)