蹻

See also: 蹺

蹻 U+8E7B, 蹻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E7B ← 蹺 [U+8E7A] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹼 → [U+8E7C]

Translingual

Han character

蹻 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹大月 (RMHKB), four-corner 6212₇, composition ⿰𧾷喬)

1. clogs, shoes, straw sandals
2. stand on tiptoe

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1234, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37887
• Dae Jaweon: page 1706, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3739, character 19
• Unihan data for U+8E7B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蹻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
驕	*krew
嬌	*krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
憍	*krew, *kʰrew
穚	*krew
鷮	*krew, *ɡrew
蕎	*krew, *ɡrew
喬	*krew, *ɡrew
簥	*krew
撟	*krew, *krewʔ
矯	*krewʔ
鱎	*krewʔ
敽	*krewʔ
蟜	*krewʔ, *ɡrew
譑	*krewʔ, *kʰews
蹻	*krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
繑	*kʰew
鞽	*kʰrew
趫	*kʰrew, *ɡrew
嘺	*ɡew
橋	*ɡrew
僑	*ɡrew
鐈	*ɡrew
毊	*ɡrew, *qʰrew
轎	*ɡrew, *ɡrews
嶠	*ɡrews
獢	*qʰrew
屩	*kewɢ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蹻 – see 蹺 (“to raise one's foot”). (This character is a variant form of 蹺).

Etymology 2

trad.		蹻
simp.		𫏋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

Definitions

蹻

1. straw sandals

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu² / hiu¹ / koek⁶ / kiu³ / goek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiâu

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• 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: giu² / hiu¹ / koek⁶ / kiu³ / goek³
    • Yale: gíu / hīu / keuhk / kiu / geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu² / hiu¹ / koek⁹ / kiu³ / goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu² / hiu¹ / kêg⁶ / kiu³ / gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³⁵/, /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰœːk̚²/, /kʰiːu̯³³/, /kœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiâu
    • Tâi-lô: khiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjew, khjiew, kjewX, kjak, gjak

Rime
Character	蹻	蹻	蹻	蹻	蹻
Reading #	1/5	2/5	3/5	4/5	5/5
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	溪 (29)	見 (28)	見 (28)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	宵 (91)	宵 (92)	藥 (107)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	巨嬌切	去遙切	居夭切	居勺切	其虐切
Baxter	gjew	khjiew	kjewX	kjak	gjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇu/	/kʰiᴇu/	/kˠiᴇuX/	/kɨɐk̚/	/ɡɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛu/	/kʰiɛu/	/kᵚiɛuX/	/kiɐk̚/	/ɡiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæu/	/kʰjæu/	/kiæuX/	/kiɑk̚/	/ɡiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/	/kʰiaw/	/kiawX/	/kɨak̚/	/gɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛu/	/kʰiɛu/	/kjɛuX/	/kiak̚/	/ɡiak̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/	/kʰĭɛu/	/kĭɛuX/	/kĭak̚/	/ɡĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/	/kʰi̯ɛu/	/ki̯ɛuX/	/ki̯ak̚/	/gi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	qiāo	jiǎo	jue	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4	hiu1	giu2	goek3	goek6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)awʔ/, /*[ɡ](r)awk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krewʔ/, /*kʰew/, /*ɡrew/, /*kewɢ/, /*ɡewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蹻	蹻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué	qiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ kjewX ›	‹ gjak ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)awʔ/	/*[ɡ](r)awk/
English	martial	lifting the feet high
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹻	蹻	蹻	蹻	蹻
Reading #	1/5	2/5	3/5	4/5	5/5
No.	10342	10343	10361	10366	10368
Phonetic component	喬	喬	喬	喬	喬
Rime group	宵	宵	宵	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	矯	蹻	喬	腳	噱
Old Chinese	/*krewʔ/	/*kʰew/	/*ɡrew/	/*kewɢ/	/*ɡewɢ/

Definitions

蹻

1. see 蹻蹻 and 蹻勇

Compounds

• 趁腳兒蹻 / 趁脚儿跷
• 跂蹻 / 跂跷
• 跖蹻 / 跖跷
• 跴蹻 / 跴跷
• 踏高蹻 / 踏高跷
• 踩高蹻 / 踩高跷 (cǎi gāoqiāo)
• 蹻勇 / 跷勇
• 蹻工 / 跷工
• 蹻捷 / 跷捷
• 蹻足 / 跷足
• 蹻跖 / 跷跖
• 蹻蹻 / 跷跷
• 躡蹻擔簦 / 蹑跷担簦

References

• “蹻”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

蹻

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. strong
2. brave
3. sandals
4. shoes

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、きゃく (kyaku)、がく (gaku)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. stand on tiptoe, stretch oneself
2. arrogant