筊

筊 U+7B4A, 筊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4A ← 等ひとし [U+7B49] CJK Unified Ideographs 筋すじ → [U+7B4B]

Translingual

Han character

筊 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹たけ+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹たけ卜ぼく金きん大だい (HYCK), four-corner 8840₈, composition ⿱𥫗交)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25993
• Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2970, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7B4A

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw) : semantic 竹たけ (“bamboo”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

Etymology 1

trad.		筊
simp. #		筊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo, xiáo, jiáo (jiao³, xiao², jiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ, ㄒㄧㄠˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² / ngaau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao²
    • Yale: syáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiáo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao²
    • Yale: jyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau² / ngaau⁴
    • Yale: gáau / ngàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² / ngaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² / ngao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/, /ŋaːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: haew, kaewX

Rime
Character	筊	筊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
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)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	II	II
Fanqie	胡えびす茅ちがや切きり	古ふる巧たくみ切きり
Baxter	haew	kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠau/	/kˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚau/	/kᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨw/	/kaɨwX/
Li Rong	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Wang Li	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáo	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau4	gaau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筊	筊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6312	6324
Phonetic component	交	交
Rime group	宵よい	宵よい
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞しぼ	肴さかな
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/	/*ɡreːw/

Definitions

筊

1. (literary) bamboo rope
2. ^† (music) a kind of paixiao

Etymology 2

trad.		筊
simp. #		筊

moon blocks

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiào, jiǎo (jiao⁴, jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ, ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ / gaau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • 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: gaau³ / gaau²
    • Yale: gaau / gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ / gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ / gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³/, /kaːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

筊

1. Alternative form of 珓 (jiào, “moon blocks”)

Compounds

• 哭筊 (kūjiǎo)
• 怒いか筊 (nùjiǎo)
• 擲筊／掷筊 (zhìjiǎo)
• 立たて筊
• 笑わらい筊 (xiàojiǎo)
• 筊杯 (jiǎobēi)
• 筊貝／筊贝
• 聖せい筊／圣筊 (shèngjiǎo)

 

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 筊 – see 繳 (“gambling”). (This character is the Taiwanese Hokkien recommended form of 繳).

Compounds

• 剪筊
• 戇筊／戆筊
• 東ひがし筊／东筊
• 癮筊／瘾筊
• 筊仙
• 筊伴
• 筊場／筊场
• 筊官
• 筊岫
• 筊本
• 筊棍
• 筊注
• 筊癮／筊瘾
• 筊跤
• 筊間／筊间
• 筊頭／筊头
• 筊鬼
• 贏筊／赢筊
• 跋ばつ歹筊
• 跋ばつ筊
• 輸筊／输筊

 

References

• “筊”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #8819”, in 教育きょういく部ぶ臺灣たいわん台たい語ご常用じょうよう詞し辭典じてん [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.