僄

僄 U+50C4, 僄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50C4 ← 僃 [U+50C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 僅 → [U+50C5]

Translingual

Han character

僄 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人一田火 (OMWF), four-corner 2129₁, composition ⿰亻票)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1047
• Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 210, character 1
• Unihan data for U+50C4

Chinese

Historical forms of the character 僄
Small seal script s05851
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 (票) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
標	*pew, *pewʔ
鏢	*pew, *pʰew
瘭	*pew
幖	*pew
熛	*pew
蔈	*pew
膘	*prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ
褾	*pewʔ
票	*pʰew
飄	*pʰew, *bew
漂	*pʰew, *pʰews
螵	*pʰew, *bew
瞟	*pʰew, *pʰewʔ
嫖	*pʰew, *pʰews
旚	*pʰew
僄	*pʰew, *pʰews
慓	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
彯	*pʰew, *pʰews
摽	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
翲	*pʰew, *pʰews
嘌	*pʰew
縹	*pʰewʔ
醥	*pʰewʔ
顠	*pʰewʔ, *bewʔ
篻	*pʰewʔ, *mbew
剽	*pʰews, *bew
勡	*pʰews
薸	*bew
瓢	*bew
鰾	*bewʔ
驃	*bews

trad.		僄
simp. #		僄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piào (piao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹ / piu³ / piu⁵
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pieo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiau / phiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao⁴
    • Yale: pyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaw
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: piu¹ / piu³ / piu⁵
    • Yale: pīu / piu / píuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹ / piu³ / piu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹ / piu³ / piu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/, /pʰiːu̯³³/, /pʰiːu̯¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau / phiàu
    • Tâi-lô: phiau / phiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiaw, phiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁴⁴/, /pʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau³³/, /pʰiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁴⁴/, /pʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁴⁴/, /pʰiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴/, /pʰiau²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phjiew, phjiewH

Rime
Character	僄	僄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	撫招切	匹妙切
Baxter	phjiew	phjiewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇu/	/pʰiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛu/	/pʰiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæu/	/pʰjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiaw/	/pʰiawH/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛu/	/pʰiɛuH/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piāo	piào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu1	piu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰew/, /*pʰews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僄	僄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9759	9774
Phonetic component	票	票
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	爂	剽
Old Chinese	/*pʰew/	/*pʰews/

Definitions

僄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to contempt
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile
3. vigorous and agile, brisk
4. rash
5. extremely, frivolous

References

• “僄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “僄”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.

Japanese

Kanji

僄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. light
2. airy

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: かるい (karui)、かろんずる (karonzuru)、すばやい (subayai)

Korean

Hanja

僄 (eum 표 (pyo))

1. light
2. airy

Vietnamese

Han character

僄: Hán Nôm readings: xỉu

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