佼

佼 U+4F7C, 佼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7C ← 佻 [U+4F7B] CJK Unified Ideographs 佽 → [U+4F7D]

Translingual

Han character

佼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人ひと+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人ひと卜ぼく金きん大だい (OYCK), four-corner 2024₈, composition ⿰亻交)

1. beautiful, handsome, good-looking

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 101, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 570
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4F7C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佼
Small seal script s05663 Transcribed ancient scripts L34858 L16633 L16634
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烄	*keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟みずち	*kreːw
鮫さめ	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞しぼ	*kreːwʔ
狡ずる	*kreːwʔ
姣	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校こう	*kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效こう	*ɡreːws
効こう	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎こう	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²

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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: gaau²
    • Yale: gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: haewX, kaewX

Rime
Character	佼	佼
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲こえ)	匣くしげ (33)	見み (28)
Final (韻いん)	肴さかな (90)	肴さかな (90)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	II	II
Fanqie	下した巧たくみ切きり	古ふる巧たくみ切きり
Baxter	haewX	kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠauX/	/kˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚauX/	/kᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨwX/	/kaɨwX/
Li Rong	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Wang Li	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau6	gaau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佼	佼
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	6310	6327
Phonetic component	交	交
Rime group	宵よい	宵よい
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞しぼ	澩
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/	/*ɡreːwʔ/

Definitions

佼

1. outstanding

   佼佼者もの  ―  jiǎojiǎozhě  ―  outstanding figure

2. handsome; beautiful; good-looking
3. ^† Alternative form of 狡ずる (jiǎo, “cunning; sturdy”)
4. a surname

Compounds

• 佼人
• 佼佹
• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo)
• 佼佼不ふ群ぐん
• 佼健
• 佼好 (jiǎohǎo)
• 佼易
• 佼黠
• 庸いさお中ちゅう佼佼
• 錚錚佼佼／铮铮佼佼

 

Related terms

• 姣 (jiāo)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: kaew

Rime
Character	佼
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲こえ)	見み (28)
Final (韻いん)	肴さかな (90)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	II
Fanqie	古ふる肴さかな切きり
Baxter	kaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/
Li Rong	/kau/
Wang Li	/kau/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佼
Reading #	1/3
No.	6304
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵よい
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	交
Old Chinese	/*kreːw/

Definitions

佼

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Compounds

• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo)

 

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiáo (xiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao²
    • Yale: syáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

佼

1. ^† 效こう. (Jiyun)
2. ^† 像ぞう. (Jiyun)

Japanese

Kanji

佼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 佼しい)

Korean

Hanja

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

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