筊

筊 U 7B4A, 筊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4A ← 等 [U 7B49] CJK Unified Ideographs 筋 → [U 7B4B]

Translingual

Han character

筊 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹 6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜金大 (HYCK), four-corner 8840₈, composition ⿱𥫗交)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25993
• Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2970, character 2
• Unihan data for U 7B4A

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烄	*keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟	*kreːw
鮫	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞	*kreːwʔ
狡	*kreːwʔ
姣	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校	*kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效	*ɡreːws
効	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

Etymology 1

trad.		筊
simp. #		筊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo, xiáo, jiáo (jiao³, xiao², jiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ, ㄒㄧㄠˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² / ngaau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao²
    • Yale: syáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiáo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao²
    • Yale: jyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau² / ngaau⁴
    • Yale: gáau / ngàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² / ngaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² / ngao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/, /ŋaːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: haew, kaewX

Rime
Character	筊	筊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	胡茅切	古巧切
Baxter	haew	kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠau/	/kˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚau/	/kᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨw/	/kaɨwX/
Li Rong	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Wang Li	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣau/	/kauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáo	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau4	gaau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筊	筊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6312	6324
Phonetic component	交	交
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞	肴
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/	/*ɡreːw/

Definitions

筊

1. (literary) bamboo rope
2. ^† (music) a kind of paixiao

Etymology 2

trad.		筊
simp. #		筊

moon blocks

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiào, jiǎo (jiao⁴, jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ, ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ / gaau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau³ / gaau²
    • Yale: gaau / gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ / gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ / gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³/, /kaːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

筊

1. Alternative form of 珓 (jiào, “moon blocks”)

Compounds

• 哭筊 (kūjiǎo)
• 怒筊 (nùjiǎo)
• 擲筊／掷筊 (zhìjiǎo)
• 立筊
• 笑筊 (xiàojiǎo)
• 筊杯 (jiǎobēi)
• 筊貝／筊贝
• 聖筊／圣筊 (shèngjiǎo)

 

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 筊 – see 繳 (“gambling”). (This character is the Taiwanese Hokkien recommended form of 繳).

Compounds

• 剪筊
• 戇筊／戆筊
• 東筊／东筊
• 癮筊／瘾筊
• 筊仙
• 筊伴
• 筊場／筊场
• 筊官
• 筊岫
• 筊本
• 筊棍
• 筊注
• 筊癮／筊瘾
• 筊跤
• 筊間／筊间
• 筊頭／筊头
• 筊鬼
• 贏筊／赢筊
• 跋歹筊
• 跋筊
• 輸筊／输筊

 

References

• “筊”, 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–
• “Entry #8819”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.