翹

翹 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土山尸一一 (GUSMM), four-corner 4721₂, composition ⿺堯羽)

• 𧄍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 959, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28808
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3357, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7FF9

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡew, *ɡews): phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 羽 (“feather”).

Schuessler (2007) considers this to be probably unrelated to the word family of 喬 (OC *krew, “tall”) and instead proposes cognacy with Proto-Northern Naga *gyaw (“high”).

Sagart (2021b) connects this to Tibetan སྒྲོ (sgro, “large feather”), which he (Sagart, 2017b) has also connected to 喬 (OC *krew).

翹

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long tail feathers of a bird; rectrix
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bird's tail
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) animal's tail
4. to lift; to raise
5. to expose; to reveal; to uncover; to arouse
6. (colloquial, of wooden plank, paper, etc.) to become twisted; to be warped from water damage
7. outstanding; extraordinary
8. high; dangerous
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lush; luxuriant
10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, historical) a kind of hair jewelry worn by ancient women, shaped like a bird's tail
11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 篪 (chí, “ancient musical instrument”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from etymology 1?”)

翹

1. (colloquial) to stick up (one end of an object, such as a tail); to curl up; to turn upwards
2. (colloquial) to leave in stealth; to play truant; to wag (from school)

• “翹”, 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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. excellence

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: つまだてる (tsumadateru, 翹てる)、あげる (ageru, 翹げる)

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

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翹: Hán Việt readings: kiều^[1][2][3][4], kiểu^[2], khiêu^[2]
翹: Nôm readings: kiều^[3][4][5][6], kẻo^[2]

1. chữ Hán form of kiều (“to look up; to desire ardently; to hope for; to wait for”)