皎

皎

皎 U+768E, 皎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-768E ← 皍 [U+768D] CJK Unified Ideographs 皏 → [U+768F]

Translingual

Han character

皎 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜金大 (HAYCK), four-corner 2064₈, composition ⿰白交)

References

• KangXi: page 788, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22724
• Dae Jaweon: page 1202, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2648, character 16
• Unihan data for U+768E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		皎

Glyph origin

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²
• Min Nan (POJ): kiáu

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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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu
    • Tâi-lô: kiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiau⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /keu^X/

Rime
Character	皎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古了切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keuX/
Pan Wuyun	/keuX/
Shao Rongfen	/keuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛwX/
Li Rong	/keuX/
Wang Li	/kieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皎
Reading #	1/1
No.	6335
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	皎
Old Chinese	/*keːwʔ/

Definitions

皎

1. white
2. bright, brilliant
3. clear

Compounds

慧皎 皎皎 (jiǎojiǎo)

皎厲／皎厉 皎潔／皎洁 (jiǎojié)

風清月皎／风清月皎

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Japanese

Kanji

皎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: きよい (kiyoi, 皎い); しろい (shiroi, 皎い)
• Nanori: あきら (akira); きよし (kiyoshi); さとし (satoshi)

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Korean

Hanja

皎 (eum 교 (gyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

皎: Hán Nôm readings: kiểu, kiểu

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References

• Nom Foundation