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僥
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Translingual
Han character
僥 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土土山 (OGGU), four-corner 24211, composition ⿰亻堯)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1113
- Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 12
- Unihan data for U+50E5
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiau / kiáu / kiau
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ciau
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Yale: hīu / gíu / gīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Guangdong Romanization: hiu1 / giu2 / giu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /kiːu̯³⁵/, /kiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: giu2/giu1 - variant.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiau
- Tâi-lô: hiau
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiaw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu
- Tâi-lô: kiáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiao
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
- Tâi-lô: kiau
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- hiau - vernacular;
- kiáu/kiau - literary.
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤewʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kŋeːwʔ/
Definitions
僥
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to covet; to seek greedily
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, by extension) to hope for unexpected success; to seek to avoid danger by chance
- used in 僥傒/侥傒 and 僥奇/侥奇
- used in 僥薄/侥薄
Compounds
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
- Wade–Giles: yao2
- Yale: yáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
- Palladius: яо (jao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jiu4
- Yale: yìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu4
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: ngew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/
Definitions
僥
- only used in 僬僥/僬侥
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- 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)+
Definitions
僥
References
- 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “僥”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00237
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Japanese
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Kanji
僥
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻尭)
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Vietnamese
Han character
僥: Hán Nôm readings: nhau, nghẹo
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