漖

漖 U+6F16, 漖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F16 ← 漕 [U+6F15] CJK Unified Ideographs 漗 → [U+6F17]

Translingual

Han character

漖 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水十木大 (EJDK), composition ⿰氵教 (GHT) or ⿰氵敎 (J))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 645, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18132
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1713, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6F16

Chinese

simp. and trad.		漖

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 教 (OC *kraːw, *kraːws).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³

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• 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/

Definitions

漖

1. name of a river (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. Alternative form of 滘 (jiào), used in 東漖／东漖 (Dōngjiào), a place name in Guangzhou.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): gá
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kà

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ga³

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gor⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà
    • Tâi-lô: kà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²¹³/

Definitions

漖 (Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min, Fuqing Eastern Min)

1. thin; dilute

   Antonym: 洘

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稀 (“dilute; thin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	稀
	Taiwan	稀
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	稀
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	稀
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	清, 稀
	Wuhan	稀, 清
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	稀, 消
	Hefei	稀, 消
Cantonese	Guangzhou	稀, 削
	Hong Kong	稀, 削
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	稀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	清
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鮮
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	稀
	Macau	稀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	稀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	稀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	稀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	清
	Foshan	稀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	稀
	Foshan (Shunde)	稀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	稀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	稀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	稀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	稀
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	稀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	稀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	稀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	稀
	Taishan	稀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	稀
	Enping (Niujiang)	稀
	Heshan (Yayao)	稀
	Dongguan	清
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	清
	Yangjiang	清
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	稀
Gan	Nanchang	清, 稀
	Jianning	清
	Taining	清
Hakka	Meixian	鮮
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	稀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鮮
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鮮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	稀
	Changting	鮮
	Shanghang	鮮
	Longyan (Yongding)	鮮
	Wuping	鮮
	Liancheng	鮮
	Ninghua	鮮
	Qingliu	鮮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鮮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鮮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鮮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鮮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鮮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鮮
	Hong Kong	鮮
	Senai (Huiyang)	鮮
Jin	Taiyuan	稀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	增
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	增
	Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)	增
	Songxi	增
	Zhenghe	增
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	增
	Shunchang (Yangdun)	增
	Jianyang	增
	Wuyishan	增
	Pucheng (Shibei)	增
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	清
	Fuzhou (Changle)	清
	Lianjiang	清
	Fuqing	漖, 清
	Pingtan	稀
	Yongtai	清
	Minqing	清
	Gutian	淺
	Pingnan	淺
	Luoyuan	淺
	Fu'an	清
	Ningde	清, 淺, 稀
	Xiapu	稀
	Zherong	清
	Shouning	清
	Zhouning	淺, 清
	Fuding	清
	Youxi	清
Southern Min	Xiamen	漖, 飲
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	飲
	Quanzhou	漖
	Jinjiang	漖
	Nan'an	漖, 飲
	Shishi	漖
	Hui'an	漖, 飲
	Anxi	漖
	Yongchun	漖
	Dehua	漖
	Zhangzhou	漖, 飲
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	飲
	Hua'an	飲
	Nanjing	飲
	Pinghe	漖
	Zhangpu	飲
	Yunxiao	漖
	Zhao'an	漖
	Dongshan	漖
	Tainan	漖
	Kinmen	漖
	Longyan	鬻
	Zhangping	鬻
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鬻
	Datian	鬻
	Datian (Guangping)	增
	Chaozhou	漖, 𬓤
	Shantou	𬓤
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𬓤
	Jieyang	漖, 𬓤
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𬓤
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𬓤
	Leizhou	浮
Puxian Min	Putian	漖
	Xianyou	漖
Central Min	Yong'an	增
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	增
	Sanming (Shaxian)	增
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	清
	Guangze	清
	Jiangle	清
	Mingxi	清
	Shunchang	清
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	稀
Wu	Suzhou	薄
	Yuyao	薄, 朗
	Wenzhou	薄
	Pucheng	清
Xiang	Changsha	清, 稀
	Shuangfeng	清, 稀

Further reading

• “Entry #10639”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

漖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)