岧

岧 U+5CA7, 岧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CA7 ← 岦 [U+5CA6] CJK Unified Ideographs 岨 → [U+5CA8]

Translingual

Han character

岧 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山尸竹口 (USHR), four-corner 2260₂, composition ⿱山召)

1. peak
2. cliff
3. precipice

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 309, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7981
• Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 769, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5CA7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		岧
alternative forms		岹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáo (tiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²
    • Yale: tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyau
    • Palladius: тяо (tjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴
    • Yale: tìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dew

Rime
Character	岧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切
Baxter	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/deu/
Wang Li	/dieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岧
Reading #	1/1
No.	2162
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	迢
Old Chinese	/*deːw/

Definitions

岧

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 岧岧 (tiáotiáo)
• 岧嵽 / 岧𫶇 (tiáodì)
• 岧嶢 / 岧峣

Japanese

Kanji

岧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てう (teu)、でう (deu)

Korean

Hanja

岧 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

岧: Hán Nôm readings: đèo

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