佼

佼 U+4F7C, 佼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7C
← 佻
[U+4F7B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佽 →
[U+4F7D]

Translingual

Han character

佼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人卜金大 (OYCK), four-corner 20248, composition ⿰亻交)

  1. beautiful, handsome, good-looking

References
  • KangXi: page 101, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 570
  • Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4F7C

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 佼

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 佼
Small seal script

s05663

Transcribed ancient scripts

L34858

L16633

L16634

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烄 *keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮 *pʰreːws
交 *kreːw
郊 *kreːw
茭 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟 *kreːw
鮫 *kreːw
鵁 *kreːw
咬 *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼 *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨 *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞 *kreːwʔ
狡 *kreːwʔ
姣 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊 *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校 *kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓 *kreːws
跤 *kʰreːw
頝 *kʰreːw
骹 *kʰraːw
齩 *ŋɡreːwʔ
洨 *ɡreːw
胶 *ɡreːw
效 *ɡreːws
効 *ɡreːws
傚 *ɡreːws
皎 *keːwʔ
恔 *keːwʔ
晈 *keːwʔ
窔 *qeːws
駮 *pqreːwɢ

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 佼 佼
Reading # 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 下巧切 古巧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠauX/ /kˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚauX/ /kᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦaɨwX/ /kaɨwX/
Li
Rong		 /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣauX/ /kauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiào jiǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 haau6 gaau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佼 佼
Reading # 2/3 3/3
No. 6310 6327
Phonetic
component		 交 交
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 絞 澩
Old
Chinese		 /*kreːwʔ/ /*ɡreːwʔ/

Definitions

佼

  1. outstanding
    佼佼者  ―  jiǎojiǎozhě  ―  outstanding figure
  2. handsome; beautiful; good-looking
  3. † Alternative form of 狡 (jiǎo, “cunning; sturdy”).
  4. a surname

Compounds
  • 佼人
  • 佼佹
  • 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo)
  • 佼佼不群
  • 佼健
  • 佼好 (jiǎohǎo)
  • 佼易
  • 佼黠
  • 庸中佼佼
  • 錚錚佼佼／铮铮佼佼

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 佼
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古肴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠau/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaɨw/
Li
Rong		 /kau/
Wang
Li		 /kau/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gaau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佼
Reading # 1/3
No. 6304
Phonetic
component		 交
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 交
Old
Chinese		 /*kreːw/

Definitions

佼

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Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

佼

  1. † 效. (Jiyun)
  2. † 像. (Jiyun)

Japanese

Kanji
佼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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