撬

撬	U+64AC, 撬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AC

← 撫
[U+64AB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

播 →
[U+64AD]

Translingual

Han character

撬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手竹山山 (QHUU), four-corner 5201₄, composition ⿰扌毳)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12746
Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1959, character 2
Unihan data for U+64AC

Chinese

trad.		撬
simp. ^#		撬

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiào, qiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ, ㄑㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): giu⁶ / hiu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiāu / khiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴
  - Yale: chyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, dated variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
  - Yale: chyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: giu⁶ / hiu³
  - Yale: giuh / hiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: giu⁶ / hiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: giu⁶ / hiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯²²/, /hiːu̯³³/

Note:

giu6 - colloquial;
hiu3 - variant.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiāu
  - Tâi-lô: kiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiau³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiau
  - Tâi-lô: khiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiau⁴⁴/

Definitions

撬

to pry open
(alt. form 翹／翘) to lift; to raise

Compounds

撬棒 (qiàobàng)
撬棍 (qiàogùn)
撬槓 / 撬杠 (qiàogàng)
撬竊 / 撬窃
撬鎖 / 撬锁 (qiàosuǒ)
撬門 / 撬门 (qiàomén)
撬開 / 撬开 (qiàokāi)
溜門撬鎖 / 溜门撬锁

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiauh

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiauh
  - Tâi-lô: kiauh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiauq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiauʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiauʔ⁵/

Definitions

撬

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to pry open
鎖予賊仔撬開。 [Hokkien, trad.]
锁予贼仔撬开。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Só hō͘ chha̍t-á kiauh khai. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
The lock was pried open by the thief.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01675
“撬”, 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

撬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
Kun: あげる (ageru)

Vietnamese

Han character

撬: Hán Nôm readings: khiêu

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References

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