轎

See also: 轿

轎	U+8F4E, 轎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F4E

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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Translingual

Han character

轎 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十十竹大月 (JJHKB), four-corner 5202₇, composition ⿰車喬)

Derived characters

𡅫, 𥍑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1248, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38532
Dae Jaweon: page 1727, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3556, character 4
Unihan data for U+8F4E

Chinese

trad.		轎
simp.		轿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
驕	*krew
嬌	krew, krewʔ, *ɡrew
憍	krew, kʰrew
穚	*krew
鷮	krew, ɡrew
蕎	krew, ɡrew
喬	krew, ɡrew
簥	*krew
撟	krew, krewʔ
矯	*krewʔ
鱎	*krewʔ
敽	*krewʔ
蟜	krewʔ, ɡrew
譑	krewʔ, kʰews
蹻	krewʔ, kʰew, ɡrew, kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
繑	*kʰew
鞽	*kʰrew
趫	kʰrew, ɡrew
嘺	*ɡew
橋	*ɡrew
僑	*ɡrew
鐈	*ɡrew
毊	ɡrew, qʰrew
轎	ɡrew, ɡrews
嶠	*ɡrews
獢	*qʰrew
屩	*kewɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡrew, *ɡrews) : semantic 車 + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiao⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): giu⁶ / giu^6-2 / kiu⁴ / kiu^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): giau⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): qieu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khieu

(Meixian, Guangdong): kiau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): jiau³
Northern Min (KCR): giāu
Eastern Min (BUC): giêu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiāu / kiō / kiau

(Teochew, Peng'im): giê⁷ / gio⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jiau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau⁴ / jiau⁵

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jiao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiau²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: giu⁶ / giu^6-2 / kiu⁴ / kiu^4-2
  - Yale: giuh / gíu / kìuh / kíu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: giu⁶ / giu^6-2 / kiu⁴ / kiu^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: giu⁶ / giu^6-2 / kiu⁴ / kiu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯²²/, /kiːu̯²²⁻³⁵/, /kʰiːu̯²¹/, /kʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: giau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiau³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qieu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɛu¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khieu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kieu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kiau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jiau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: giāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiau⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛu²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiāu
  - Tâi-lô: kiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiau³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiō
  - Tâi-lô: kiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kioi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kio²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kio³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
  - Tâi-lô: kiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiau⁴⁴/

Note:

kiāu - literary;
kiō - vernacular;
kiau - colloquial.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: giê⁷ / gio⁷
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiē / kiō
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie¹¹/, /kio¹¹/

Note:

giê7 - Chaozhou;
gio7 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶jiau
  - MiniDict: jiau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jiau⁴ / jiau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵/, /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 轎
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕiɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕiau⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕiɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕiau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕiɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕiau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕiau¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕiao²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕiɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/d͡ʑiɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑiæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑiɔ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑiɛ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰiɔ²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕio⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/ /t͡ɕiau¹¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/d͡ʑiaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰiɛu²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰiau⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰeu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kiu³⁵/
	Nanning	/kiu²²/
	Hong Kong	/kiu³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kiau²²/ /kio²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kiɛu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kiau⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kio³¹/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kio²³/

Middle Chinese: gjew, gjewH

Rime
Character	轎	轎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨嬌切	渠廟切
Baxter	gjew	gjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇu/	/ɡˠiᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛu/	/ɡᵚiɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæu/	/ɡiæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/	/giaw^H/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛu/	/ɡjɛu^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/	/ɡĭɛu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/	/gi̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu⁴	giu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrew/, /*ɡrews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	轎	轎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10358	10362
Phonetic component	喬	喬
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	喬	嶠
Old Chinese	/*ɡrew/	/*ɡrews/
Notes	見漢書	見漢書

Definitions

轎

bamboo carriage
sedan chair; palanquin (Classifier: 頂／顶 c)
來人啊，備轎！／来人啊，备轿！ ― Láirén a, bèi jiào! ― Men, get my palanquin ready!

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (轎):

→ Vietnamese: kiệu (轎)

Others:

→ Indonesian: kio (“palanquin”)
→ Thai: เกี้ยว (gîao)
→ Zhuang: giuh

References

“轎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“Query for 轎”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

轎

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
Kun: かご (kago)、やまかご (yamakago)

Korean

Hanja

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

Vietnamese

Han character

轎: Hán Nôm readings: kiệu

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