狡

狡 U+72E1, 狡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E1 ← 狠 [U+72E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 狢 → [U+72E2]

Translingual

Han character

狡 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜金大 (KHYCK), four-corner 4024₈, composition ⿰犭交)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 710, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20365
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1345, character 9
• Unihan data for U+72E1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狡

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
    • Tâi-lô: káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewX

Rime
Character	狡
Reading #	1/1
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	/kˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/kauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwX/
Li Rong	/kauX/
Wang Li	/kauX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狡
Reading #	1/1
No.	6307
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/

Definitions

狡

1. sly; cunning; treacherous

   • 呂布有虓虎之勇，而無英奇之略，輕狡反覆，唯利是視。自古及今，未有若此不夷滅也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     吕布有虓虎之勇，而无英奇之略，轻狡反覆，唯利是视。自古及今，未有若此不夷灭也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Lǚ Bù yǒu xiāohǔ zhī yǒng, ér wú yīngqí zhī lüè, qīng jiǎo fǎnfù, wéilìshìshì. Zìgǔ jíjīn, wèiyǒu ruòcǐ bù yímiè yě. [Pinyin]

     Lü Bu possessed a roaring tiger's valor, yet no strategy of talented and extraordinary people's; he was frivolous, treacherous, and shifty, only looking out for his own gain. From antiquity till now, there was none like this who was not destroyed.

Compounds

• 三窟狡兔
• 刁狡
• 奸狡
• 朦狡
• 狡兔三窟 (jiǎotùsānkū)
• 狡怪 (káu-koài)
• 狡憤／狡愤
• 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
• 狡猾多詐／狡猾多诈
• 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài)
• 狡童
• 狡蠹
• 狡計／狡计 (jiǎojì)
• 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡賴／狡赖 (jiǎolài)
• 狡辯／狡辩 (jiǎobiàn)
• 狡飾／狡饰
• 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá)

 

Japanese

Kanji

狡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sly, cunning, sneaky

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: こすい (kosui, 狡い); ずる (zuru, 狡); ずるい (zurui, 狡い); わるがしこい (warugashikoi, 狡い)

Compounds

• 狡(こう)獪(かい) (kōkai)
• 狡(こう)猾(かつ) (kōkatsu)
• 狡(こう)黠(かつ) (kōkatsu)
• 狡(こう)譎(きつ) (kōkitsu)
• 狡(こう)計(けい) (kōkei)
• 狡(こう)詐(さ) (kōsa)
• 狡(こう)捷(しょう) (kōshō)
• 狡(こう)知(ち), 狡(こう)智(ち) (kōchi)
• 狡(こう)兎(と) (kōto)
• 狡(こう)童(どう) (kōdō)
• 狡(こう)佞(ねい) (kōnei)
• 狡(こう)吏(り) (kōri)
• 狡(こす)辛(から)い (kosukarai)
• 狡(ずる)賢(がしこ)い (zurugashikoi)
• 凶(きょう)狡(こう) (kyōkō)
• 狂(きょう)狡(こう) (kyōkō)
• 剽(ひょう)狡(こう), 僄(ひょう)狡(こう) (hyōkō)
• 老(ろう)狡(こう) (rōkō)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
狡
ずる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
ズル

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ず​る [zúꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

狡(ずる) • (zuru) 

1. slyness, sly act, sly person

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

狡: Hán Nôm readings: giảo, sinh, xảo

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