嬌

See also: 娇

嬌 U+5B0C, 嬌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B0C ← 嬋 [U+5B0B] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬍 → [U+5B0D]

Translingual

Han character

嬌 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女竹大月 (VHKB), four-corner 4242₇, composition ⿰女喬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6739
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1081, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B0C

Chinese

trad.		嬌
simp.		娇

Glyph origin

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

	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

Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	嬌	嬌	嬌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	宵 (92)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	舉喬切	巨嬌切	居夭切
Baxter	kjew	gjew	kjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇu/	/ɡˠiᴇu/	/kˠiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛu/	/ɡᵚiɛu/	/kᵚiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæu/	/ɡiæu/	/kiæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiaw/	/giaw/	/kiawX/
Li Rong	/kjɛu/	/ɡjɛu/	/kjɛuX/
Wang Li	/kĭɛu/	/ɡĭɛu/	/kĭɛuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛu/	/gi̯ɛu/	/ki̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	qiáo	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu1	kiu4	giu2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬌	嬌	嬌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	10327	10339	10359
Phonetic component	喬	喬	喬
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	驕	矯	喬
Old Chinese	/*krew/	/*krewʔ/	/*ɡrew/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giao¹ / giou¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ciau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: giu¹
    • Yale: gīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
    • Tâi-lô: kiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giao¹ / giou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiau / kiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiau³³/, /kiou³³/

Note:

• giao1 - Shantou;
• giou1 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ciau
    • MiniDict: ciau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjew, gjew, kjewX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krew/, /*krewʔ/, /*ɡrew/

Definitions

嬌

1. pampered; spoiled
2. seductive and loveable
3. tender; delicate
4. beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady
5. to dote on; to make a pet of

Synonyms

• (delicate): 嬌氣／娇气 (jiāoqì)
• (beautiful woman):

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• 佳人 (jiārén)
• 佳麗 / 佳丽 (jiālì) (literary)
• 出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) (figurative)
• 嫭 (hù) (literary)
• 紅顏 / 红颜 (hóngyán) (literary, figurative)
• 美人 (měirén)
• 美女 (měinǚ)
• 行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 靚女 / 靓女 (chiefly Cantonese)
• 麗人 / 丽人 (lìrén) (literary)

• (to dote on):

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• 嬌慣 / 娇惯 (jiāoguàn)
• 嬌縱 / 娇纵 (jiāozòng)
• 寵愛 / 宠爱 (chǒng'ài)
• 慣 / 惯 (guàn)
• 放縱 / 放纵 (fàngzòng)
• 溺愛 / 溺爱 (nì'ài)

Compounds

• 千嬌百媚 / 千娇百媚
• 千嬌百態 / 千娇百态
• 多嬌 / 多娇
• 妖嬌 / 妖娇 (iau-kiau) (Min Nan)
• 姻嬌 / 姻娇
• 嬌兒 / 娇儿 (jiāo'ér)
• 嬌冶 / 娇冶
• 嬌哥兒 / 娇哥儿
• 嬌喘 / 娇喘 (jiāochuǎn)
• 嬌嗔 / 娇嗔 (jiāochēn)
• 嬌女 / 娇女 (jiāonǚ)
• 嬌好 / 娇好 (jiāohǎo)
• 嬌奼 / 娇姹
• 嬌妻 / 娇妻 (jiāoqī)
• 嬌妻美妾 / 娇妻美妾
• 嬌娃 / 娇娃
• 嬌姿 / 娇姿
• 嬌娘 / 娇娘
• 嬌娜 / 娇娜
• 嬌娥 / 娇娥 (jiāo'é)
• 嬌婉 / 娇婉
• 嬌媚 / 娇媚 (jiāomèi)
• 嬌嫋不勝 / 娇袅不胜
• 嬌嫩 / 娇嫩 (jiāonèn)
• 嬌嬈 / 娇娆 (jiāoráo)
• 嬌嬌啻啻 / 娇娇啻啻
• 嬌嬌滴滴 / 娇娇滴滴
• 嬌嬾 / 娇懒
• 嬌客 / 娇客 (jiāokè)
• 嬌寒 / 娇寒
• 嬌寵 / 娇宠 (jiāochǒng)
• 嬌小 / 娇小 (jiāoxiǎo)
• 嬌小玲瓏 / 娇小玲珑
• 嬌弱 / 娇弱 (jiāoruò)
• 嬌怯 / 娇怯
• 嬌怯怯 / 娇怯怯
• 嬌情 / 娇情
• 嬌惰 / 娇惰
• 嬌愛 / 娇爱
• 嬌態 / 娇态 (jiāotài)
• 嬌慵 / 娇慵
• 嬌慣 / 娇惯 (jiāoguàn)
• 嬌憨 / 娇憨 (jiāohān)
• 嬌柔 / 娇柔 (jiāoróu)
• 嬌氣 / 娇气 (jiāoqì)
• 嬌波 / 娇波
• 嬌滴滴 / 娇滴滴 (jiāodīdī)
• 嬌甜 / 娇甜
• 嬌生慣養 / 娇生惯养 (jiāoshēngguànyǎng)
• 嬌痴 / 娇痴
• 嬌皮嫩肉 / 娇皮嫩肉
• 嬌縱 / 娇纵 (jiāozòng)
• 嬌美 / 娇美 (jiāoměi)
• 嬌羞 / 娇羞 (jiāoxiū)
• 嬌翠 / 娇翠
• 嬌聲細語 / 娇声细语
• 嬌脆 / 娇脆
• 嬌花照水 / 娇花照水
• 嬌若春花 / 娇若春花
• 嬌裡嬌氣 / 娇里娇气
• 嬌語 / 娇语
• 嬌豔 / 娇艳 (jiāoyàn)
• 嬌貴 / 娇贵 (jiāoguì)
• 嬌逸 / 娇逸 (jiāoyì)
• 嬌養 / 娇养 (jiāoyǎng)
• 嬌黃 / 娇黄 (jiāohuáng)
• 慣養嬌生 / 惯养娇生
• 撒嬌 / 撒娇 (sājiāo)
• 撒嬌撒痴 / 撒娇撒痴
• 撒嬌賣俏 / 撒娇卖俏
• 東床嬌婿 / 东床娇婿
• 東床嬌客 / 东床娇客
• 柳嚲鶯嬌 / 柳亸莺娇
• 玉嬌梨 / 玉娇梨
• 百媚千嬌 / 百媚千娇
• 皮嬌肉嫩 / 皮娇肉嫩
• 美嬌娘 / 美娇娘
• 藏嬌 / 藏娇
• 軟玉嬌香 / 软玉娇香
• 金屋藏嬌 / 金屋藏娇 (jīnwūcángjiāo)
• 阿嬌 / 阿娇
• 香嬌玉嫩 / 香娇玉嫩
• 龍袖嬌民 / 龙袖娇民

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 嬌

嬌

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. seductive

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: なまめかしい (namamekashii, 嬌かしい)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

嬌: Hán Nôm readings: kiều

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