劁

劁 U+5281, 劁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5281 ← 劀 [U+5280] CJK Unified Ideographs 劂 → [U+5282]

Translingual

Han character

劁 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人火中弓 (OFLN), four-corner 2230₀, composition ⿰焦刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 143, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2182
• Dae Jaweon: page 324, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 355, character 20
• Unihan data for U+5281

Chinese

simp. and trad.		劁

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zew, *zews) : phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo, qiào (qiao², qiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ, ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• 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): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴
    • Yale: chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjew, dzjewH

Rime
Character	劁	劁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昨焦切	才笑切
Baxter	dzjew	dzjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/	/d͡ziᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/	/d͡ziɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/	/d͡zjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/	/d͡ziawH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/	/d͡ziɛuH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/	/d͡zĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu4	ziu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zew/, /*zews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劁	劁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6357	6364
Phonetic component	焦	焦
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	樵	噍
Old Chinese	/*zew/	/*zews/

Definitions

劁

1. ^† to cut

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāo (qiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
    • Yale: chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

劁

1. to geld; to castrate livestock

Japanese

Kanji

劁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: かる (karu, 劁る); たつ (tatsu, 劁つ)