滘

滘	U+6ED8, 滘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6ED8

Translingual

Han character

滘 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月金口 (EBCR) or 難水月金口 (XEBCR), four-corner 3716₁, composition ⿰氵⿱㓁𢀛)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 643, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18059
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1709, character 7
Unihan data for U+6ED8

Chinese

trad.		滘
simp. ^#		滘
alternative forms		𬈯漖

Glyph origin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “weird right-side component; could it be related to 窖?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ga³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
  - Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
  - Yale: jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaau³
  - Yale: gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ga³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²¹³/

Definitions

滘

(Cantonese, Teochew) branch of a river

Usage notes

Often found in Cantonese placenames.

Compounds