驕

See also: 骄

驕 U+9A55, 驕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A55 ← 驔 [U+9A54] CJK Unified Ideographs 驖 → [U+9A56]

Translingual

Han character

驕 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸火竹大月 (SFHKB), four-corner 7232₇, composition ⿰馬喬)

Derived characters

• 𡆌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1445, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45008
• Dae Jaweon: page 1969, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4577, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9A55

Chinese

trad.		驕
simp.		骄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 驕
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krew): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew)

Etymology

Cognate with 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew, “tall; lofty”), 憍 (OC *krew, “to lift the head”), 撟 (OC *krewʔ, “to lift”), and 嶠 (OC *ɡrews, “peak”). Beyond these, 高 (OC *kaːw, “high; tall”) and 蹻 (OC *krewʔ, “martial; vigorous”) could be allofams (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giao¹ / giou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu¹
    • Yale: gīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
    • Tâi-lô: kiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giao¹ / giou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiau / kiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiau³³/, /kiou³³/

Note:

• giao1 - Shantou;
• giou1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: kjew

Rime
Character	驕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉喬切
Baxter	kjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiaw/
Li Rong	/kjɛu/
Wang Li	/kĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驕
Reading #	1/1
No.	10326
Phonetic component	喬
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	驕
Old Chinese	/*krew/

Definitions

驕

1. (likely obsolete) large horse
2. haughty; arrogant

   • 南有大漢，北有強胡。胡者，天之驕子也，不為小禮以自煩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南有大汉，北有强胡。胡者，天之骄子也，不为小礼以自烦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Nán yǒu Dàhàn, běi yǒu Qiánghú. Hú zhě, tiān zhī jiāozǐ yě, bùwèi xiǎolǐ yǐ zìfán. [Pinyin]

     In the South there is/are the Great Han; in the North there are the Strong Hu. The Hu are Heaven's proud children; not self-bothered by minor rites.

Compounds

• 驕人／骄人 (jiāorén)
• 驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
• 驕兵必敗／骄兵必败 (jiāobīngbìbài)
• 驕奢淫逸／骄奢淫逸 (jiāoshēyínyì)
• 驕子／骄子
• 驕恣／骄恣
• 驕慢／骄慢 (jiāomàn)
• 驕橫／骄横 (jiāohèng)
• 驕氣／骄气 (jiāoqì)
• 驕狂／骄狂 (jiāokuáng)
• 驕盈／骄盈 (jiāoyíng)
• 驕矜／骄矜 (jiāojīn)
• 驕縱／骄纵 (jiāozòng)
• 驕躁／骄躁 (jiāozào)
• 驕陽／骄阳 (jiāoyáng)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04649

Japanese

Kanji

驕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: おごる (ogoru, 驕る)

Korean

Hanja

驕 (eum 교 (gyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

驕: Hán Nôm readings: kiêu

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