悄

悄 U+6084, 悄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6084 ← 悃 [U+6083] CJK Unified Ideographs 悅 → [U+6085]

Translingual

Han character

悄 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心火月 (PFB), four-corner 9902₇, composition ⿰忄肖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 386, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10627
• Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2303, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6084

Chinese

trad.		悄
simp. #		悄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 悄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
梢	*sreːw
捎	*sreːw, *sew
筲	*sreːw
鞘	*sreːw, *slewɢs
艄	*sreːw
蛸	*sreːw, *sew
髾	*sreːw
輎	*sreːw
旓	*sreːw
弰	*sreːw
鮹	*sreːw, *sew
綃	*sreːw, *sew
颵	*sreːw
莦	*sreːw, *sew
娋	*sreːw, *sreːws
稍	*sreːws
哨	*sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱	*sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲	*sreːws
睄	*sreːws
悄	*sʰewʔ
俏	*sʰews
峭	*sʰews
陗	*sʰews
帩	*sʰews
誚	*zews
消	*sew
宵	*sew
霄	*sew
硝	*sew
銷	*sew
逍	*sew
魈	*sew
痟	*slew
焇	*sew
肖	*slew, *slews
韒	*slewɢs
趙	*l'ewʔ
箾	*seːw, *sleːw
踃	*seːw
削	*slewɢ
矟	*sreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰewʔ) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāo, qiǎo (qiao¹, qiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ, ㄑㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu² / ciu⁵ / ciu³
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiēu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciou² / ciao²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
    • Yale: chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao³
    • Yale: chyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu² / ciu⁵ / ciu³
    • Yale: chíu / chíuh / chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu² / tsiu⁵ / tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu² / qiu⁵ / qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰiːu̯¹³/, /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáu
    • Tâi-lô: tshiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciou² / ciao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshióu / tshiáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiou⁵²/, /t͡sʰiau⁵²/

Note:

• ciou2 - Chaozhou, Chenghai;
• ciao2 - Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chiau
    • MiniDict: chiau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjewX

Rime
Character	悄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	親小切
Baxter	tshjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiawX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰewʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悄
Reading #	1/1
No.	13731
Phonetic component	肖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	悄
Old Chinese	/*sʰewʔ/

Definitions

悄

1. quiet; silent

   悄悄  ―  qiāoqiāo  ―  quiet

2. (literary) sad; worried

Compounds

• 人心悄悄
• 啞默悄靜／哑默悄静
• 悄似
• 悄冥冥
• 悄悄 (qiāoqiāo)
• 悄悄冥冥
• 悄悄的
• 悄悄話／悄悄话 (qiāoqiāohuà)
• 悄悄蹙蹙
• 悄愴／悄怆
• 悄然 (qiǎorán)
• 悄聲／悄声
• 憂心悄悄／忧心悄悄
• 波波悄悄
• 靜悄／静悄
• 靜悄悄／静悄悄 (jìngqiāoqiāo)

 

Japanese

Kanji

悄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: うれえる (ureeru, 悄える)

Korean

Hanja

悄 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

悄: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, tiêu, tẹo, tiễu, tịu

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References

• Nom Foundation