姣

Translingual

Han character

姣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 4044₈, composition ⿰女交)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6214
Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 5
Unihan data for U+59E3

Chinese

trad.		姣
simp. ^#		姣

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāo, jiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ, ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): giao¹ / giou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹
  - Yale: jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³
  - Yale: jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaau²
  - Yale: gáau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giao¹ / giou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiau / kiou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiau³³/, /kiou³³/

Note: giou1 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: kaewX

Rime
Character	姣
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古巧切
Baxter	kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kau^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw^X/
Li Rong	/kau^X/
Wang Li	/kau^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姣
Reading #	1/2
No.	6311
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/

Definitions

姣

(literary) beautiful

Compounds

夸姣
姣好 (jiāohǎo)
姣媚
姣美 (jiāoměi)
姣麗／姣丽
娥姣

Etymology 2

trad.		姣
simp. ^#		姣
alternative forms		媱 Hakka 嬈／娆 Hokkien 嫐 Hokkien; Leizhou Min

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiáo (xiao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hièu

(Meixian, Guangdong): hiau²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiâu

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hiao⁵

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): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haau⁴
  - Yale: hàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièu
  - Hakka Romanization System: hieu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hieu²
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hiau²
  - Sinological IPA: /hiau¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu
  - Tâi-lô: hiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau²³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: hiao⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /hiau²²/

Middle Chinese: haew

Rime
Character	姣
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡茅切
Baxter	haew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨw/
Li Rong	/ɣau/
Wang Li	/ɣau/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姣
Reading #	2/2
No.	6325
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	肴
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːw/

Definitions

姣

(obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
(Cantonese) to flirt with; to seduce
- 2017 April 28, 梁靜儀, “張兆輝不阻愛女入行提曾守明猝逝眼泛淚光”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po], page A36:
  
  身為女神的陳瀅，對於戲中要姣張振朗，她坦言起初都尷尬 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  身为女神的陈滢，对于戏中要姣张振朗，她坦言起初都尴尬 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  san¹ wai⁴ neoi⁵ san⁴ dik¹ can⁴ jing⁴, deoi³ jyu¹ hei³ zung¹ jiu³ haau⁴ zoeng¹ zan³ long⁵, taa¹ taan² jin⁴ hei² co¹ dou¹ gaam³ gaai³ [Jyutping]
  As for needing to flirt with Owen Cheung in the drama, Jeannie Chan, as a "goddess", confessed that she felt awkward in the beginning

Synonyms

(lewd): 淫蕩／淫荡 (yíndàng), 淫亂／淫乱 (yínluàn)

Compounds

References

“姣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

姣

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 姣い)、うつくしい (utsukushii, 姣しい)、いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 姣い)

Usage notes

This kanji is very rare in Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

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

lovely, charming
lewdness

Vietnamese

Han character

姣: Hán Nôm readings: giảo

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References

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