僥

See also 侥, and 徺

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 堯

Han character

僥 (radical 9 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土土山 (OGGU), four-corner 2421₁, composition ⿰亻堯)

1. be lucky
2. by chance, by luck

References

• KangXi: page 117, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1113
• Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 216, character 12
• Unihan data for U+50E5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

僥 (simplified 侥, jyutping giu1, giu2, hiu1, jiu4, Yale hiu1)

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Japanese

Kanji

僥

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō), ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: ねがう (negau), もとめる (motomeru)

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Korean

Hanja

僥 (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

僥 (simplified 侥, pinyin jiǎo (jiao3), Wade-Giles chiao³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

僥 (nghẹo)