Wiktionary

橋

See also: 桥
橋 U+6A4B, 橋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A4B
← 橊
[U+6A4A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 橌 →
[U+6A4C]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

橋 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木竹大月 (DHKB), four-corner 42927, composition ⿰木喬)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 553, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15526
  • Dae Jaweon: page 941, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1292, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6A4B

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 橋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
驕 *krew
嬌 *krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
憍 *krew, *kʰrew
穚 *krew
鷮 *krew, *ɡrew
蕎 *krew, *ɡrew
喬 *krew, *ɡrew
簥 *krew
撟 *krew, *krewʔ
矯 *krewʔ
鱎 *krewʔ
敽 *krewʔ
蟜 *krewʔ, *ɡrew
譑 *krewʔ, *kʰews
蹻 *krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
繑 *kʰew
鞽 *kʰrew
趫 *kʰrew, *ɡrew
嘺 *ɡew
橋 *ɡrew
僑 *ɡrew
鐈 *ɡrew
毊 *ɡrew, *qʰrew
轎 *ɡrew, *ɡrews
嶠 *ɡrews
獢 *qʰrew
屩 *kewɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrew): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).

Etymology 1Edit

trad. 橋
simp. 桥
alternative forms 槗
𫞎
𫞏
 
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橋

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note:
  • kiô - vernacular;
  • kiâu - literary.
Note:
  • giê5 - Chaozhou, Chenghai;
  • gio5 - Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping, Pontianak.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 橋
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 群 (30)
    Final (韻) 宵 (92)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 巨嬌切
    Baxter gjew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɡˠiᴇu/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɡᵚiɛu/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɡiæu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/giaw/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɡjɛu/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɡĭɛu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/gi̯ɛu/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		qiáo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		kiu4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 橋
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		qiáo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ gjew ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[ɡ](r)aw/
    English bridge

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 橋
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10351
    Phonetic
    component         		喬
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		喬
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡrew/
    DefinitionsEdit

    橋

    1. (countable) bridge (over a river) (Classifier: 座 m; 條／条 c)
      橋樑／桥梁  ―  qiáoliáng  ―  bridge
      廊橋／廊桥  ―  lángqiáo  ―  covered bridge
    2. (countable) bridge-like object: footbridge; beam; crosspiece
    3. a surname
    CompoundsEdit
    Derived terms from 橋

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    DefinitionsEdit

    橋

    1. (countable, Cantonese) idea; plan (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    2. (countable, Cantonese) plot; storyline (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    CompoundsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    trad. 橋
    simp. 桥

    PronunciationEdit

    DefinitionsEdit

    橋

    1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 巧 (kiu2, “coincidental”).

    JapaneseEdit

     
    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Alternative formsEdit

    • (variant) 𣘺 [U+2363a]
    • (variant) 槗 [U+69d7]
    • (variant) 𫞎 [U+2B78E]

    KanjiEdit

    橋

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    EtymologyEdit

    Kanji in this term
    橋
    はし
    Grade: 3
    kun’yomi

    /pasi/ → /ɸasi/ → /hasi/

    From Old Japanese, originally indicating either the area between two things, or a connection between two things.[1]

    Cognate with 階 (hashi, “stairs from a garden up to the house”), both cognate with root hasa indicating the narrow area between two things, as in 狭間 (classical hasama, modern hazama, “narrow gap between two things”) or 挟む (hasamu, “to put between two things that are close together, to squeeze between two things”).[1] Cognate also with root hoso indicating the narrowness of a thing itself, as in 細い (hosoi, “narrow, slender”), 細める (hosomeru, “to narrow something, to make something narrow”).

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    橋(はし) • (hashi) 

    1. that which is constructed to connect two points for the purpose of transportation: a bridge
    2. a bridge-like walkway or corridor between two buildings in a manor, palace, castle, or similar structure
    3. a person who acts as a bridge between different people: a mediator, a go-between

    SynonymsEdit

    ReferencesEdit

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
    2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    3. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    4. ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Unknown (794), Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    橋 (eumhun 다리 교 (dari gyo))

    1. Hanja form? of 교 (“bridge”).

    橋 (eumhun 빠를 고 (ppareul go))

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    MiyakoEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    Cognate with Japanese 橋 (hashi).

    NounEdit

    橋 (hiragana ぱｽ, romaji pas)

    1. a bridge

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    橋: Hán Nôm readings: kiều, cầu, kéo, kèo

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