劁

劁 U 5281, 劁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5281 ← 劀 [U 5280] CJK Unified Ideographs 劂 → [U 5282]

Translingual

Han character

劁 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀 12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人火中弓 (OFLN), four-corner 2230₀, composition ⿰焦刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 143, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2182
• Dae Jaweon: page 324, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 355, character 20
• Unihan data for U 5281

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zew, *zews) : phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew) semantic 刂 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		劁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo, qiào (qiao², qiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ, ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
    • Yale: chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴
    • Yale: chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjew, dzjewH

Rime
Character	劁	劁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昨焦切	才笑切
Baxter	dzjew	dzjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/	/d͡ziᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/	/d͡ziɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/	/d͡zjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/	/d͡ziawH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/	/d͡ziɛuH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/	/d͡zĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu4	ziu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zew/, /*zews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劁	劁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6357	6364
Phonetic component	焦	焦
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	樵	噍
Old Chinese	/*zew/	/*zews/

Definitions

劁

1. (literary) to cut

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		劁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāo, qiáo (qiao¹, qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ, ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): qiau¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): qiau¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziao¹ / ziou¹

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ciau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
    • Yale: chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
    • Yale: chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴
    • Yale: chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)
    • Wiktionary: qiau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiau¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziao¹ / ziou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiau / tsiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ciau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰi̯ɒu̯³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɒu̯³³/

Definitions

劁

1. to geld; to castrate livestock

   劁豬／劁猪  ―  qiāo zhū  ―  to castrate a pig

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 劁 (“to geld; to castrate (a pig)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		劁, 閹
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	劁
	Chengde	劁
	Chifeng	劁
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	劁
	Heihe	劁
	Qiqihar	劁
	Harbin	劁
	Jiamusi	劁
	Baicheng	劁
	Changchun	劁
	Tonghua	劁
	Shenyang	劁
	Jinzhou	劁
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	劁
	Tangshan	劁
	Cangzhou	劁
	Baoding	劁
	Shijiazhuang	劁
	Lijin	劁
	Jinan	劁
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	劁
	Dandong	劁
	Yantai	挑
	Qingdao	挑
	Zhucheng	摘
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	劁
	Jining	摘, 騸
	Linfen	劁
	Shangqiu	摘
	Yuanyang	摘
	Zhengzhou	摘
	Xinyang	劁
	Baihe	劁
	Xi'an	騸
	Baoji	劁
	Tianshui	劁
	Xining	劁
	Xuzhou	劁, 摘
	Fuyang	劁
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	劁
	Lanzhou	劁
	Dunhuang	劁
	Hami	劁
	Ürümqi	劁
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	騸
	Nanchong	騸
	Dazhou	騸
	Hanyuan	騸
	Xichang	劁
	Zigong	鏾
	Chongqing	劁, 騸
	Wuhan	劁
	Yichang	劁
	Xiangyang	劁
	Tianmen	劁
	Guiyang	騸
	Zunyi	騸
	Bijie	騸, 割
	Liping	劁
	Zhaotong	劁
	Dali	劁
	Kunming	劁
	Mengzi	劁
	Guilin	劁
	Liuzhou	閹
	Jishou	閹
	Changde	閹
	Hanzhong	騸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Lianyungang	劁
	Lianshui	劁
	Nantong	劁
	Anqing	削
	Wuhu	削
	Hefei	騸
	Hong'an	劁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閹
	Hong Kong	閹
Huizhou	Shexian	羯
Jin	Taiyuan	劁
	Yangyuan	劁
	Datong	劁
	Xinzhou	劁
	Lüliang (Lishi)	劁
	Changzhi	劁
	Linhe	劁
	Jining	劁
	Hohhot	劁
	Erenhot	劁
	Pingshan	劁
	Zhangjiakou	劁
	Handan	劁
	Linzhou	劁
	Suide	劁
Southern Min	Xiamen	閹

Japanese

Kanji

劁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: かる (karu, 劁る)、たつ (tatsu, 劁つ)