僑

See also: 侨
僑 U+50D1, 僑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D1
← 僐
[U+50D0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僒 →
[U+50D2]

Translingual

Han character

僑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人竹大月 (OHKB), four-corner 22227, composition ⿰亻喬)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1088
  • Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 220, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+50D1

Chinese

trad. 僑
simp. 侨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
s05702
Transcribed ancient scripts
L32241
L32242
L32243
L32244
L07904
L07905
L07906
L07907
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 (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 *ɡrew): semantic 亻 + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kiao5 - Shantou;
  • kiou5 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 6jiau
      • MiniDict: jiau去
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3jjiau
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɔ²³/
Rime
Character 僑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨嬌切
Baxter gjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/giaw/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjɛu/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭɛu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kiu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僑
Reading # 1/1
No. 10352
Phonetic
component 		喬
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		喬
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡrew/

Definitions

僑

  1. to reside abroad; to sojourn; to lodge
  2. people residing abroad
    僑批／侨批 [Hokkien]  ―  kiâu-phoe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  letter from relatives abroad
  3. (historical) related to refugees who escaped Xianbei rule in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and resettled in areas still controlled by the Eastern Jin government
  4. diaspora
    華僑／华侨  ―  huáqiáo  ―  overseas Chinese
    日僑／日侨  ―  rìqiáo  ―  overseas Japanese

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (僑):
  • → Vietnamese: kiều (僑)

Japanese

Kanji

僑

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. person residing abroad

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)←げう (geu, historical)
  • Kan-on: きょう (kyō)←けう (keu, historical)
  • Kun: たかい (takai)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

僑: Hán Việt readings: kiều
僑: Nôm readings: quều

  1. (literary) a person who takes up residence in a foreign country

Compounds

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