皎皎

Chinese

		bright; white	bright; white
simp. and trad. (皎皎)		皎	皎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎojiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² gaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo [Phonetic: jiáojiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujeau
    • Palladius: цзяоцзяо (czjaoczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² gaau²
    • Yale: gáau gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ kaːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kewX kewX

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
Baxter	kewX
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  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/

Adjective

皎皎

1. (ideophonic) very pure, white, and bright (e.g. of the Moon)

   • 皎皎白駒，在彼空谷。生芻一束，其人如玉。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     皎皎白驹，在彼空谷。生刍一束，其人如玉。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jiǎojiǎo báijū, zài bǐ kōnggǔ. Shēngchú yī shù, qí rén rú yù. [Pinyin]

     The brilliant white colt / is there in that empty valley / with a bundle of fresh grass. / Its owner is like a gem.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皎皎):

• → Japanese: 皎皎(こうこう) (kōkō)
• → Korean: 교교(皎皎) (gyogyo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
皎	皎

Root

皎皎 • (gyogyo) (hangeul 교교)

1. Hanja form^? of 교교 (“pure, white, and bright; very quiet”).