姣

姣 U+59E3, 姣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E3
← 姢
[U+59E2]
CJK Unified Ideographs 姤 →
[U+59E4]

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. graceful
  2. beautiful, handsome, pretty
  3. cunning
  4. a surname

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

Pronunciation


Note: giou1 - Chaozhou.

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
/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
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

  1. (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



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
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

  1. (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

姣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. beautiful
  2. handsome
  3. pretty

Readings

Usage notes

This kanji is very rare in Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. lovely, charming
  2. lewdness

Vietnamese

Han character

姣: Hán Nôm readings: giảo

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References

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