僥

See also: 侥, 徺, and ⿰亻尭

僥	U+50E5, 僥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50E5

← 僤
[U+50E4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

僦 →
[U+50E6]

Translingual

Traditional	僥
Shinjitai (extended)	⿰亻尭
Simplified	侥

Han character

僥 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土土山 (OGGU), four-corner 2421₁, composition ⿰亻堯)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1113
Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 12
Unihan data for U+50E5

Chinese

trad.		僥
simp.		侥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僥
Small seal script s05906 Transcribed ancient scripts L07629 L07630
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 (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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiau / kiáu / kiau
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ciau

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: hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
  - Yale: hīu / gíu / gīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹ / giu² / giu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /kiːu̯³⁵/, /kiːu̯⁵⁵/

Note: giu2/giu1 - variant.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiau
  - Tâi-lô: hiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiaw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu
  - Tâi-lô: kiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
  - Tâi-lô: kiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁴⁴/

Note:

hiau - vernacular;
kiáu/kiau - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ciau
  - MiniDict: ciau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɔ³⁴/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤewʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kŋeːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	僥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ kew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁewʔ/
English	luck
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僥
Reading #	1/2
No.	14687
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kŋeːwʔ/
Notes	倖見莊子

Definitions

僥

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to covet; to seek greedily
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, by extension) to hope for unexpected success; to seek to avoid danger by chance
used in 僥傒／侥傒 and 僥奇／侥奇
used in 僥薄／侥薄

Compounds

僥倖 / 侥幸 (jiǎoxìng)
僥傒 / 侥傒
僥僺 / 侥僺 (jiǎoqiào)
僥冀 / 侥冀
僥冒 / 侥冒
僥利 / 侥利
僥取 / 侥取
僥奇 / 侥奇
僥心 / 侥心 (hiau-sim) (Min Nan)
僥忝 / 侥忝
僥會 / 侥会
僥望 / 侥望
僥求 / 侥求
僥濫 / 侥滥
僥競 / 侥竞
僥覦 / 侥觎
僥覬 / 侥觊
僥躐 / 侥躐
僥速 / 侥速

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
  - Wade–Giles: yao²
  - Yale: yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jiu⁴
  - Yale: yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngew

Rime
Character	僥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五聊切
Baxter	ngew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋeu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛw/
Li Rong	/ŋeu/
Wang Li	/ŋieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僥
Reading #	2/2
No.	14691
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	堯
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːw/

Definitions

僥

only used in 僬僥／僬侥

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

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/

Definitions

僥

(historical dictionaries only) fake
alt. forms: 憢 / 𢙒 (jiāo), 儌 / 侥

Synonym: 偽 / 伪 (wěi)

References

羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “僥”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00237

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	⿰亻尭
Print standard	僥

Kanji

僥

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻尭)

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Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}、ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}、ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
Kun: ねがう (negau, 僥う)、もとめる (motomeru, 僥める)

Korean

Hanja

僥 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

僥: Hán Nôm readings: nhau, nghẹo

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