僑

僑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人竹大月 (OHKB), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿰亻喬)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1088
• Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 220, character 4
• Unihan data for U+50D1

Historical forms of the character 僑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script   s05702 Transcribed ancient scripts   L32241   L32242   L32243   L32244   L07904   L07905   L07906   L07907
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).

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

僑

1. to reside abroad; to sojourn; to lodge
2. people residing abroad

   僑批／侨批 [Hokkien]  ―  kiâu-phoe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  letter from relatives abroad

3. (historical) related to refugees who escaped Xianbei rule in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and resettled in areas still controlled by the Eastern Jin government
4. diaspora

   華僑／华侨  ―  huáqiáo  ―  overseas Chinese

   日僑／日侨  ―  rìqiáo  ―  overseas Japanese

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. person residing abroad

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: たかい (takai)

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

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僑: Hán Việt readings: kiều
僑: Nôm readings: quều

1. (literary) a person who takes up residence in a foreign country