# 姣

| 姣 | U+59E3, &#23011; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E3 |
| ← 姢 [U+59E2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姤 → [U+59E4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 4044$_8$, composition ⿰女交)
* graceful
* beautiful, handsome, pretty
* cunning
* a surname

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6214
* Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 5
* Unihan data for U+59E3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāo, jiǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ, ㄐㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^2$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): giao$^1$ / giou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$
*** Yale: jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^2$
*** Yale: gáau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: giao$^1$ / giou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiau / kiou
*** Sinological IPA : /kiau³³/, /kiou³³/
* Middle Chinese: kaewX
Rime :
| Character | 姣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古巧切 |
| Baxter | kaewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠau$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚau$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kau$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kau$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kau$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kau$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 6311 |
| Phonetic component | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絞 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːwʔ/ |

#### Definitions

姣
* (literary) beautiful

#### Compounds

* 夸姣
* 姣好 (jiāohǎo)
* 姣媚
* 姣美 (jiāoměi)
* 姣麗／姣丽
* 娥姣

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiáo (xiao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hièu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hiau$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiâu
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hiao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^2$
*** Yale: syáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haau$^4$
*** Yale: hàauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièu
*** Hakka Romanization System: hieu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hieu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯eu̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hiau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hiau¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu
*** Tâi-lô: hiâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau²³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: hiao$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hiau²²/
* Middle Chinese: haew
Rime :
| Character | 姣 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 胡茅切 |
| Baxter | haew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣau/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣau/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姣 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 6325 |
| Phonetic component | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 肴 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡreːw/ |

#### Definitions

姣
* (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
* (Cantonese) to flirt with; to seduce
** 2017 April 28, 梁靜儀, “張兆輝不阻愛女入行 提曾守明猝逝眼泛淚光”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po], page A36:
       san$^1$ wai$^4$ neoi$^5$ san$^4$ dik$^1$ can$^4$ jing$^4$, deoi$^3$ jyu$^1$ hei$^3$ zung$^1$ jiu$^3$ haau$^4$ zoeng$^1$ zan$^3$ long$^5$, taa$^1$ taan$^2$ jin$^4$ hei$^2$ co$^1$ dou$^1$ gaam$^3$ gaai$^3$ [Jyutping]
       As for needing to flirt with Owen Cheung in the drama, Jeannie Chan, as a "goddess", confessed that she felt awkward in the beginning

##### Synonyms

* (lewd): 淫蕩／淫荡 (yíndàng), 淫亂／淫乱 (yínluàn)

#### Compounds

* 姣婆 (jiāopó)
* 姣婊
* 姣嫲
* 姣屍扽篤／姣尸扽笃
* 姣查某
* 姣氣／姣气
* 姣牛嫲
* 姣羅／姣罗
* 姣花
* 發姣／发姣
* 發姣發扽／发姣发扽
* 老姣

### References

* “姣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* beautiful
* handsome
* pretty

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 姣い)、うつくしい (utsukushii, 姣しい)、いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 姣い)

##### Usage notes

This kanji is very rare in Japanese.

## Korean
### Hanja

姣 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo)
* lovely, charming
* lewdness

## Vietnamese
### Han character

姣: Hán Nôm readings: giảo
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation