鷮

鷮 U+9DEE, 鷮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DEE ← 鷭 [U+9DED] CJK Unified Ideographs 鷯 → [U+9DEF]

Translingual

Han character

鷮 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹月竹日火 (HBHAF) or 難竹月竹日 (XHBHA), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿰喬鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1501, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47341
• Dae Jaweon: page 2030, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4661, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9DEE

Chinese

trad.		鷮
simp.		𱉬
alternative forms		𪄘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *krew, *ɡrew): phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Etymology

Sagart (2017) relates it to 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew, “tall; lofty”), Tibetan སྒྲོ (sgro, “to elevate; large feather”), Jingpho shagrau (“to exalt”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu¹

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: giu¹
    • Yale: gīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjew, gjew

Rime
Character	鷮	鷮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉喬切	巨嬌切
Baxter	kjew	gjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇu/	/ɡˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛu/	/ɡᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæu/	/ɡiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiaw/	/giaw/
Li Rong	/kjɛu/	/ɡjɛu/
Wang Li	/kĭɛu/	/ɡĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛu/	/gi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu1	kiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krew/, /*ɡrew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷮	鷮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10330	10356
Phonetic component	喬	喬
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	驕	喬
Old Chinese	/*krew/	/*ɡrew/

Definitions

鷮

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of pheasant with a long tail, probably Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)

   • 依彼平林，有集維鷮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     依彼平林，有集维𱉬。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yī bǐ píng lín, yǒu jí wéi jiāo. [Pinyin]

     Dense is that forest in the plain,
     And there sit the long-tailed pheasants.

Compounds

• 遊鷮 / 游𱉬
• 鷮息 / 𱉬息
• 鷮雉 / 𱉬雉

Japanese

Kanji

鷮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: おおやまどり (ōyamadori)