僬

僬 U+50EC, 僬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50EC ← 僫 [U+50EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 僭 → [U+50ED]

Translingual

Han character

僬 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人人土火 (OOGF), four-corner 2023₁, composition ⿰亻焦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1127
• Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 220, character 7
• Unihan data for U+50EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		僬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ / ziu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâu

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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: ziu¹ / ziu³
    • Yale: jīu / jiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ / dziu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ / jiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjew, tsjew, tsjewH

Rime
Character	僬	僬	僬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	昨焦切	即消切	子肖切
Baxter	dzjew	tsjew	tsjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/	/t͡siᴇu/	/t͡siᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/	/t͡siɛu/	/t͡siɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/	/t͡sjæu/	/t͡sjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/	/t͡siaw/	/t͡siawH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/	/t͡siɛu/	/t͡siɛuH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/	/t͡sĭɛu/	/t͡sĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/	/t͡si̯ɛu/	/t͡si̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	jiāo	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu4	ziu1	ziu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsew/, /*ʔsews/, /*zew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僬	僬	僬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6344	6352	6361
Phonetic component	焦	焦	焦
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	焦	醮	樵
Old Chinese	/*ʔsew/	/*ʔsews/	/*zew/

Definitions

僬

1. clever
2. alert in the mind
3. Used in 僬僥／僬侥 (“an ancient legendary dwarf”).

Compounds

• 僬僥 / 僬侥
• 僬僬
• 僬僚
• 僬眇

Japanese

Kanji

僬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、じょう (jō)
• Kun: はしる (hashiru)

Korean

Hanja

僬 (eum 초 (cho))

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