僬

僬	U+50EC, 僬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50EC

← 僫
[U+50EB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

僭 →
[U+50ED]

Translingual

Han character

僬 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人人土火 (OOGF), four-corner 2023₁, composition ⿰亻焦)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1127
Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 220, character 7
Unihan data for U+50EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		僬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	ʔsew, ʔsews, *zew
噍	ʔsew, zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	ʔsew, zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	ʔsew, ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	ʔsews, zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	zew, zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	zew, seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ / ziu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâu

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: ziu¹ / ziu³
  - Yale: jīu / jiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ / dziu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ / jiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡siːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau²³/

Middle Chinese: dzjew, tsjew, tsjewH

Rime
Character	僬	僬	僬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	昨焦切	即消切	子肖切
Baxter	dzjew	tsjew	tsjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/	/t͡siᴇu/	/t͡siᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/	/t͡siɛu/	/t͡siɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/	/t͡sjæu/	/t͡sjæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/	/t͡siaw/	/t͡siaw^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/	/t͡siɛu/	/t͡siɛu^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/	/t͡sĭɛu/	/t͡sĭɛu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/	/t͡si̯ɛu/	/t͡si̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	jiāo	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu⁴	ziu¹	ziu³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsew/, /*ʔsews/, /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僬	僬	僬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6344	6352	6361
Phonetic component	焦	焦	焦
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	焦	醮	樵
Old Chinese	/*ʔsew/	/*ʔsews/	/*zew/

Definitions

僬

clever
alert in the mind
used in 僬僥／僬侥 (“an ancient legendary dwarf”)

Compounds

僬僥 / 僬侥
僬僬
僬僚
僬眇

Japanese

Kanji

僬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、じょう (jō)
Kun: はしる (hashiru)

Korean

Hanja

僬 (eum 초 (cho))

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