驍

驍

See also: 骁

驍 U+9A4D, 驍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A4D ← 驌 [U+9A4C] CJK Unified Ideographs 驎 → [U+9A4E]

Translingual

Han character

驍 (radical 187, 馬+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸火土土山 (SFGGU), four-corner 7431₁, composition ⿰馬堯)

References

• KangXi: page 1445, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44986
• Dae Jaweon: page 1969, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4576, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9A4D

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Chinese

trad.		驍
simp.		骁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋkeːw) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /keu/▼

Rime
Character	驍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古堯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keu/
Pan Wuyun	/keu/
Shao Rongfen	/keu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛw/
Li Rong	/keu/
Wang Li	/kieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋkeːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驍
Reading #	1/1
No.	14686
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	驍
Old Chinese	/*ŋkeːw/

Definitions

驍

1. excellent horse
2. brave, valiant

Compounds

將銳兵驍／将锐兵骁 驍勇／骁勇 (xiāoyǒng) 驍將／骁将 (xiāojiàng)

驍悍／骁悍 驍衛／骁卫 驍騎／骁骑 (xiāojì)

驍騰／骁腾 驍驍／骁骁

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Japanese

Kanji

驍

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぎょう (gyō); きょう (kyō)
• Kun: たけし (takeshi)

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Korean

Hanja

驍 (eum 효 (hyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

驍: Hán Nôm readings: kiêu

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References

• Nom Foundation