窕

窕 U+7A95, 窕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A95
← 窔
[U+7A94]
CJK Unified Ideographs 窖 →
[U+7A96]

Translingual

Han character

窕 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金中一人 (JCLMO), four-corner 30113, composition ⿱穴兆)

  1. slender
  2. quiet and modest, charming

Derived characters

  • 𠻩, 𡡃, 𢳙

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2729, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7A95

Chinese

trad. 窕
simp. # 窕
alternative forms 姚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 窕
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'eːwʔ) : semantic 穴 (“cave”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).

Etymology

Possibly cognate to 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character 窕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 徒了切
Baxter dewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/deuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/deuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/deuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛwX/
Li
Rong
/deuX/
Wang
Li
/dieuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
diào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
diu6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 窕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ dewX ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˁ[e]wʔ/
English 窈窕 beautiful

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 窕
Reading # 1/1
No. 16893
Phonetic
component
兆
Rime
group
宵
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
窕
Old
Chinese
/*l'eːwʔ/

Definitions

窕

  1. Used in 窈窕 (yǎotiǎo).
  2. † to bore, to perforate
  3. gap; unfilled space
  4. unfilled
  5. false; superficial
  6. small

Compounds

  • 目窕心與/目窕心与
  • 窈窕 (yǎotiǎo)
  • 窅窕
  • 窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎoshūnǚ)
  • 窕言
  • 裊窕/袅窕

Pronunciation 2



Definitions

窕

  1. Alternative form of 姚 (yáo)

Compounds

  • 窕冶

Pronunciation 3



Definitions

窕

  1. Alternative form of 佻

References

Japanese

Kanji

窕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

窕 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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