蹺

See also: 𮛡 and 跷

蹺	U+8E7A, 蹺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E7A

← 蹹
[U+8E79]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蹻 →
[U+8E7B]

Translingual

Traditional	蹺
Shinjitai (extended)	𮛡
Simplified	跷

Han character

蹺 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土山 (RMGGU), four-corner 6411₁, composition ⿰𧾷堯)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1234, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37886
Dae Jaweon: page 1706, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3737, character 8
Unihan data for U+8E7A

Chinese

trad.		蹺
simp.		跷
alternative forms		蹻／跷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
撓	hŋaːw, rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	rŋaːws, ŋjew
磽	ŋ̊ʰreːw, ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	hŋreːw, ŋeːws
燒	hŋjew, hŋjaws
饒	ŋjew, ŋjaws
蟯	ŋjew, ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	ŋjewʔ, ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	njewʔ, neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	ŋ̊ʰew, ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	ɡew, ɡews
澆	ŋkeːw, ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	kŋeːwʔ, ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	hŋeːw, hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiāo (qiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khiau

(Teochew, Peng'im): kiou¹ / kiao¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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: hiu¹
  - Yale: hīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiau
  - Tâi-lô: khiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kiou¹ / kiao¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiou / khiau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiou³³/, /kʰiau³³/

Note:

kiou1 - Chaozhou;
kiao1 - Shantou.

Middle Chinese: khjiew

Rime
Character	蹺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去遙切
Baxter	khjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiaw/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛu/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹺
Reading #	1/1
No.	14679
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹻
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰew/

Definitions

蹺

to raise one's foot

Compounds

踏蹺 / 踏跷
踩高蹺 / 踩高跷 (cǎi gāoqiāo)
蹊蹺 / 蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
蹺家 / 跷家 (qiāojiā)
蹺敧 / 跷敧
蹺課 / 跷课
蹺足而待 / 跷足而待
蹺蹊 / 跷蹊 (qiāoqī)
蹺蹺板 / 跷跷板 (qiāoqiāobǎn)
蹺辮子 / 跷辫子
高蹺 / 高跷 (gāoqiāo)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 繑 (“(Cantonese) coil, wind”). (This character is a variant form of 繑).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 巧 (“(Cantonese) opportune; coincidental”). (This character is a variant form of 巧).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮛡
Print standard	蹺

Kanji

蹺

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮛡)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
Kun: みがるい (migarui)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蹺: Hán Nôm readings: nghiêu

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