蛟

蛟 U+86DF, 蛟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86DF
← 蛞
[U+86DE]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蛠 →
[U+86E0]

Translingual

Han character

蛟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜金大 (LIYCK), four-corner 50148, composition ⿰虫交)

References

  • KangXi: page 1081, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33009
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2851, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+86DF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
蛟

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kreːw) : semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

Etymology

Possibly connected with Burmese ခြူး (hkru:, “a type of beast”) and Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, “serpent, naga”) (Schuessler, 2007). However, Schuessler (2007) notices phonological differences between Old Chinese and Written Tibetan.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 蛟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古肴切
Baxter kaew
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 蛟
Reading # 1/1
No. 6299
Phonetic
component
交
Rime
group
宵
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
交
Old
Chinese
/*kreːw/

Definitions

蛟

  1. (~龍) (Chinese mythology) mythical flood dragon
  2. † aquatic reptile, including the soft-shelled turtle and the alligator
  3. † Alternative form of 鮫/鲛 (jiāo, “shark”).

Japanese

Kanji

蛟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. A Water Spirit, generally portrayed as a dragon.

Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō), きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: みずち (mizuchi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛟: Hán Nôm readings: giao

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