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

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/

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	/keu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/keu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/keu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛw^X/
Li Rong	/keu^X/
Wang Li	/kieu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieu^X/
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

(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)

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

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