佼

佼

佼 U+4F7C, 佼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7C ← 佻 [U+4F7B] CJK Unified Ideographs 佽 → [U+4F7D]

Translingual

Han character

佼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人卜金大 (OYCK), four-corner 2024₈, composition ⿰亻交)

1. beautiful, handsome, good-looking

References

• KangXi: page 101, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 570
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4F7C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		佼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佼
Small seal script s05663 Transcribed ancient scripts L34858 L16633 L16634
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 (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烄	*keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟	*kreːw
鮫	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞	*kreːwʔ
狡	*kreːwʔ
姣	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校	*kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效	*ɡreːws
効	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²

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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): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau²
    • Yale: gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠau^X/, /kˠau^X/

Rime
Character	佼	佼
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	下巧切	古巧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠauX/	/kˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚauX/	/kᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨwX/	/kaɨwX/
Li Rong	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Wang Li	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣauX/	/kauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau6	gaau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佼	佼
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	6310	6327
Phonetic component	交	交
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞	澩
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/	/*ɡreːwʔ/

Definitions

佼

1. outstanding

   佼佼者  ―  jiǎojiǎozhě  ―  outstanding figure

2. handsome; beautiful; good-looking
3. ^† Alternative form of 狡 (jiǎo, “cunning; sturdy”).
4. a surname

Compounds

佼人 佼佹 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) 佼佼不群

佼健 佼好 (jiǎohǎo) 佼易

佼黠 庸中佼佼 錚錚佼佼／铮铮佼佼

Related terms

• 姣 (jiāo)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

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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): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠau/

Rime
Character	佼
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古肴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/
Li Rong	/kau/
Wang Li	/kau/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佼
Reading #	1/3
No.	6304
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	交
Old Chinese	/*kreːw/

Definitions

佼

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Compounds

佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiáo (xiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao²
    • Yale: syáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

佼

1. ^† 效. (Jiyun)
2. ^† 像. (Jiyun)

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Japanese

Kanji

佼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 佼しい)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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