譙

譙

See also: 谯

譙 U+8B59, 譙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B59 ← 識 [U+8B58] CJK Unified Ideographs 譚 → [U+8B5A]

Translingual

Han character

譙 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人土火 (YROGF), four-corner 0063₁, composition ⿰訁焦)

1. tower
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 1182, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35976
• Dae Jaweon: page 1645, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4019, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8B59

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Chinese

trad.		譙
simp.		谯
alternative forms		誚／诮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
    • Yale: chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴
    • Yale: chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziᴇu/

Rime
Character	譙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昨焦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	譙
Reading #	1/1
No.	6355
Phonetic component	焦
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	樵
Old Chinese	/*zew/

Definitions

譙

1. (literary) watchtower on a city gate
2. a surname

Compounds

譙周獨笑／谯周独笑 譙樓／谯楼 (qiáolóu)

譙譙／谯谯

譙門／谯门

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiào (qiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu³
    • Yale: chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/

Definitions

譙

1. Alternative form of 誚／诮 (qiào, “to blame”).

Compounds

譙呵／谯呵 譙讓／谯让 (qiàoràng)

譙責／谯责

鐫譙／镌谯

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04743
• “譙”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

譙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. tower

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō), じょう (jō), すい (sui), ずい (zui)
• Kun: しかる (shikaru)

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Korean

Hanja

譙 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

譙: Hán Việt readings: tiếu[1][2][3][4], tiều[5][1][3][4], tiệu[1]
譙: Nôm readings: tèo[1], tiệu[1], tiều[5]

1. chữ Hán form of tiếu (“tower, a surname”).

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Trần (1999).
3. Nguyễn (1974).
4. Thiều Chửu (1942).
5. Nguyễn et al. (2009).