虠

虠	U+8660, 虠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8660

← 號
[U+865F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

虡 →
[U+8661]

Translingual

Han character

虠 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜大卜心弓 (YKYPN) or 卜大卜心山 (YKYPU), composition ⿰交虎)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1075, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32731
Dae Jaweon: page 1543, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2826, character 5
Unihan data for U+8660

Chinese

trad.		虠
simp. ^#		虠

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw) + semantic 虎 (“tiger”).

Etymology 1

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

虠

(historical dictionaries only) sound of tiger

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 虠 – see 號 (“name; alias; art name; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 號).

References

Japanese

Kanji

虠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)