蛟
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Translingual
Han character
蛟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜金大 (LIYCK), four-corner 50148, composition ⿰虫交)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33009
- Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2851, character 11
- Unihan data for U+86DF
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
蛟 | |
|---|---|---|
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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːw): semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).
Etymology
Possibly connected with Burmese ခြူး (hkru:, “a type of beast”) and Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, “serpent, naga”) (Schuessler, 2007). However, Schuessler (2007) notices phonological differences between Old Chinese and Written Tibetan.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): gău
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gaau1
- Yale: gāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaau1
- Guangdong Romanization: gao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu
- Hakka Romanization System: gauˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gau1
- Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: gauˋ
- Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gao1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gau
- Sinological IPA (key): /kau⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kau⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau
- Tâi-lô: kau
- Phofsit Daibuun: kaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: kaew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/
Definitions
蛟
- (～龍) (Chinese mythology) mythical flood dragon
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) aquatic reptile, including the soft-shelled turtle and the alligator
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鮫 / 鲛 (jiāo, “shark”)
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蛟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 107.
Japanese
Kanji
蛟
Readings
Korean
Hanja
蛟 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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