姣
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Translingual
Han character
姣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 40448, composition ⿰女交)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6214
- Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 5
- Unihan data for U+59E3
Chinese
| trad. | 姣 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 姣 | |
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 | *kreːw |
| 鮫 | *kreːw |
| 鵁 | *kreːw |
| 咬 | *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw |
| 鉸 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws |
| 佼 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 詨 | *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 絞 | *kreːwʔ |
| 狡 | *kreːwʔ |
| 姣 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 筊 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 校 | *kreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 珓 | *kreːws |
| 跤 | *kʰreːw |
| 頝 | *kʰreːw |
| 骹 | *kʰraːw |
| 齩 | *ŋɡreːwʔ |
| 洨 | *ɡreːw |
| 胶 | *ɡreːw |
| 效 | *ɡreːws |
| 効 | *ɡreːws |
| 傚 | *ɡreːws |
| 皎 | *keːwʔ |
| 恔 | *keːwʔ |
| 晈 | *keːwʔ |
| 窔 | *qeːws |
| 駮 | *pqreːwɢ |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
- Wade–Giles: chiao1
- Yale: jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
- Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, 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, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gaau2
- Yale: gáau
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaau2
- Guangdong Romanization: gao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: giao1 / giou1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiau / kiou
- Sinological IPA (key): /kiau³³/, /kiou³³/
- (Teochew)
Note: giou1 - Chaozhou.
- Middle Chinese: kaewX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/
Definitions
姣
- (literary) beautiful
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 姣 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 姣 | |
| alternative forms | 媱 Hakka 嬈/娆 Hokkien 嫐 Hokkien; Leizhou Min | |
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: haau4
- Yale: hàauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: haau4
- Guangdong Romanization: hao4
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièu
- Hakka Romanization System: hieuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hieu2
- Sinological IPA: /hi̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: hiau2
- Sinological IPA: /hiau¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu
- Tâi-lô: hiâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiau²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiau¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau²³/
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: hiao5
- Sinological IPA: /hiau²²/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: haew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːw/
Definitions
姣
- (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
- (Cantonese) to flirt with; to seduce
- 2017 April 28, 梁靜儀, “張兆輝不阻愛女入行 提曾守明猝逝眼泛淚光”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po], page A36:
- 身為女神的陳瀅,對於戲中要姣張振朗,她坦言起初都尷尬 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- san1 wai4 neoi5 san4 dik1 can4 jing4, deoi3 jyu1 hei3 zung1 jiu3 haau4 zoeng1 zan3 long5, taa1 taan2 jin4 hei2 co1 dou1 gaam3 gaai3 [Jyutping]
- As for needing to flirt with Owen Cheung in the drama, Jeannie Chan, as a "goddess", confessed that she felt awkward in the beginning
身为女神的陈滢,对于戏中要姣张振朗,她坦言起初都尴尬 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Compounds
References
- “姣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
姣
Readings
- Go-on: きょう (kyō)←けう (keu, historical)
- Kan-on: こう (kō)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 姣い)、うつくしい (utsukushii, 姣しい)、いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 姣い)
Usage notes
This kanji is very rare in Japanese.
Korean
Hanja
姣 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo)
Vietnamese
Han character
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