膠

See also: 胶
膠 U+81A0, 膠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A0
← 膟
[U+819F]
CJK Unified Ideographs 膡 →
[U+81A1]

Translingual

Han character

膠 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月尸一竹 (BSMH), four-corner 77222, composition ⿰⺼翏)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 993, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29841
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2109, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+81A0

Chinese

trad. 膠
simp. 胶*

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw) : semantic ⺼ (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • gĕu/gău - literary;
  • gă - vernacular.
Note:
  • ka - vernacular;
  • kau - literary.

Rime
Character 膠 膠 膠
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 溪 (29) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) II II II
Fanqie 古肴切 口交切 古孝切
Baxter kaew khaew kaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠau/ /kʰˠau/ /kˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚau/ /kʰᵚau/ /kᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kau/ /kʰau/ /kauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨw/ /kʰaɨw/ /kaɨwH/
Li
Rong
/kau/ /kʰau/ /kauH/
Wang
Li
/kau/ /kʰau/ /kauH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kau/ /kʰau/ /kauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo qiāo jiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaau1 haau1 gaau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 膠 膠
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiāo jiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ kæw › ‹ kæwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁriw/ /*[k]ˁriwʔ/
English glue glue

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 膠 膠 膠
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8350 8354 8355
Phonetic
component
翏 翏 翏
Rime
group
幽 幽 幽
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
交 敎 敲
Old
Chinese
/*krɯːw/ /*krɯːws/ /*kʰrɯːw/
Notes 校本改目旁

Definitions

膠

  1. glue; adhesive; gum; resin
  2. rubber (material)
  3. to glue; to adhere
  4. sticky; gluey
  5. (Cantonese) Short for 塑膠/塑胶 (sok3 gaau1, sou3 gaau1, “plastic”).
  6. Short for 膠州/胶州 (Jiāozhōu).
  7. Short for 膠澳/胶澳. (former name of 青島市/青岛市)
  8. (Wenzhou Wu) swim bladder

Synonyms

  • (rubber):
  • (plastic):
  • (swim bladder):

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Thai: กาว (gaao)

Etymology 2

Near homophone of the vulgar word 鳩/鸠 (gau1).

Pronunciation


Definitions

膠

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang) stupid; foolish; dumb
    膠劇/胶剧 [Cantonese]  ―  gaau1 kek6 [Jyutping]  ―  stupid soap operas
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) stupidness; stupidity
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, offensive) idiot; retard
    左膠/左胶 [Cantonese]  ―  zo2 gaau1 [Jyutping]  ―  leftard
    巴膠/巴胶 [Cantonese]  ―  baa1 gaau1 [Jyutping]  ―  bus fans with bad behaviours
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, possibly offensive) nerd; enthusiast
    腳膠/脚胶 [Cantonese]  ―  goek3 gaau1 [Jyutping]  ―  foot fetish

See also

  • :o) (an emoticon commonly associated with this word)

Japanese

Kanji

膠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. glue
  2. isinglass

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
膠
にかわ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 膠 – see the following entry.
【にかわ】
[noun] glue
(This term, 膠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

膠: Hán Nôm readings: giao, keo

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