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窕 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金中一人 (JCLMO), four-corner 30113, composition ⿱穴兆)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25496
- Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2729, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7A95
| trad. | 窕 |
|---|---|
| simp. # | 窕 |
| alternative forms | 姚 |
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 挑 | *l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ |
| 洮 | *l̥ʰaːw, *l'aːw, *lew |
| 桃 | *l'aːw |
| 逃 | *l'aːw |
| 咷 | *l'aːw, *l̥ʰeːws |
| 鼗 | *l'aːw |
| 鞉 | *l'aːw |
| 駣 | *l'aːw, *l'aːwʔ, *l'aːws, *l'ewʔ |
| 𣂁 | *sl̥ʰew |
| 脁 | *l̥ʰews |
| 晁 | *l'ew |
| 兆 | *l'ewʔ |
| 旐 | *l'ewʔ |
| 狣 | *l'ewʔ |
| 鮡 | *l'ewʔ, *l'eːw |
| 垗 | *l'ewʔ |
| 姚 | *lew |
| 珧 | *lew |
| 銚 | *lew, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws |
| 恌 | *lew, *l̥ʰeːw |
| 烑 | *lew |
| 餆 | *lew |
| 筄 | *lews |
| 艞 | *lews |
| 佻 | *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːw |
| 祧 | *l̥ʰeːw |
| 朓 | *l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːwʔ |
| 庣 | *l̥ʰeːw |
| 趒 | *l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw |
| 聎 | *l̥ʰeːw |
| 眺 | *l̥ʰeːws |
| 覜 | *l̥ʰeːws |
| 頫 | *l̥ʰeːws, *poʔ |
| 絩 | *l̥ʰeːws |
| 跳 | *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw |
| 窕 | *l'eːwʔ |
| 誂 | *l'eːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'eːwʔ): semantic 穴 (“cave”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).
Possibly cognate to 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs) (Schuessler, 2007)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎo
- Wade–Giles: tʻiao3
- Yale: tyǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teau
- Palladius: тяо (tjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tiu5 / diu6
- Yale: tíuh / diuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tiu5 / diu6
- Guangdong Romanization: tiu5 / diu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːu̯¹³/, /tiːu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: dewX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤ[e]wʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'eːwʔ/
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 窕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
tiǎo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dewX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*lˁ[e]wʔ/ |
| English | 窈窕 beautiful |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 窕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16893 |
| Phonetic component |
兆 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
窕 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l'eːwʔ/ |
窕
- Used in 窈窕 (yǎotiǎo).
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bore, to perforate
- 《說山》、《說林》者，所以竅窕穿鑿百事之壅遏，而通行貫扃萬物之窒塞者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- “Shuōshān”, “shuōlín” zhě, suǒyǐ qiào tiǎo chuān záo bǎishì zhī yōng'è, ér tōng xíng guàn jiōng wànwù zhī zhìsài zhě yě. [Pinyin]
- “A Mountain of Persuasions” and “A Forest of Persuasions” demonstrate how to skillfully and elegantly penetrate and bore open the blockages and obstructions of the hundred affairs and thoroughly and comprehensively penetrate and pierce the barriers and hindrances of the myriad things.
《说山》、《说林》者，所以窍窕穿凿百事之壅遏，而通行贯扃万物之窒塞者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- gap; unfilled space
- unfilled
- false; superficial
- small
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
- Wade–Giles: yao2
- Yale: yáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
- Palladius: яо (jao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
窕
- Alternative form of 姚 (yáo)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiao
- Wade–Giles: tʻiao1
- Yale: tyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiau
- Palladius: тяо (tjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
窕
- Alternative form of 佻
- “窕”, 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–
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