佼

Translingual

Han character

佼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人卜金大 (OYCK), four-corner 2024₈, composition ⿰亻交)

beautiful, handsome, good-looking

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 101, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 570
Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 6
Unihan data for U+4F7C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佼
Small seal script s05663 Transcribed ancient scripts L34858 L16633 L16634
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³
  - Yale: jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaau²
  - Yale: gáau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: haewX, kaewX

Rime
Character	佼	佼
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	下巧切	古巧切
Baxter	haewX	kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠau^X/	/kˠau^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚau^X/	/kᵚau^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣau^X/	/kau^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨw^X/	/kaɨw^X/
Li Rong	/ɣau^X/	/kau^X/
Wang Li	/ɣau^X/	/kau^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣau^X/	/kau^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau⁶	gaau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佼	佼
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	6310	6327
Phonetic component	交	交
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞	澩
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/	/*ɡreːwʔ/

Definitions

佼

outstanding
佼佼者 ― jiǎojiǎozhě ― outstanding figure
handsome; beautiful; good-looking
^† Alternative form of 狡 (jiǎo, “cunning; sturdy”)
a surname

Compounds

Related terms

姣 (jiāo)

Pronunciation 2

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/

Middle Chinese: kaew

Rime
Character	佼
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古肴切
Baxter	kaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/
Li Rong	/kau/
Wang Li	/kau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佼
Reading #	1/3
No.	6304
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	交
Old Chinese	/*kreːw/

Definitions

佼

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Compounds

佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiáo (xiao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao²
  - Yale: syáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

佼

^† 效. (Jiyun)
^† 像. (Jiyun)

Japanese

Kanji

佼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 佼しい)

Korean

Hanja

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

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