# 蹺

| 蹺 | U+8E7A, &#36474; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E7A |
| ← 蹹 [U+8E79] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蹻 → [U+8E7B] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 蹺 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𮛡 |
| Simplified | 跷 |

### Han character

蹺 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土山 (RMGGU), four-corner 6411$_1$, composition ⿰𧾷堯)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1234, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37886
* Dae Jaweon: page 1706, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3737, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8E7A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
| 鐃 | *rŋaːw |
| 譊 | *rŋaːw |
| 橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
| 磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
| 墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
| 穘 | *hŋreːw |
| 顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
| 燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
| 饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
| 蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
| 蕘 | *ŋjew |
| 襓 | *ŋjew |
| 繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
| 遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
| 嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
| 趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
| 蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
| 翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
| 澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
| 驍 | *ŋkeːw |
| 僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
| 堯 | *ŋeːw |
| 垚 | *ŋeːw |
| 嶢 | *ŋeːw |
| 獟 | *ŋeːws |
| 膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
| 嘵 | *hŋeːw |
| 憢 | *hŋeːw |
| 曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
| 皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiāo (qiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khiau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kiou$^1$ / kiao$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiao$^1$
*** Yale: chyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
*** Palladius: цяо (cjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hiu$^1$
*** Yale: hīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hiu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiːu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiau
*** Tâi-lô: khiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kiou$^1$ / kiao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiou / khiau
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiou³³/, /kʰiau³³/
* kiou1 - Chaozhou;
* kiao1 - Shantou.
* Middle Chinese: khjiew
Rime :
| Character | 蹺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去遙切 |
| Baxter | khjiew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰiaw/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hiu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蹺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14679 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蹻 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ̊ʰew/ |

#### Definitions

蹺
* to raise one's foot

#### Compounds

* 踏蹺／踏跷
* 踩高蹺／踩高跷 (cǎi gāoqiāo)
* 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
* 蹺家／跷家 (qiāojiā)
* 蹺敧／跷敧
* 蹺課／跷课
* 蹺足而待／跷足而待
* 蹺蹊／跷蹊
* 蹺蹺板／跷跷板 (qiāoqiāobǎn)
* 蹺辮子／跷辫子
* 高蹺／高跷 (gāoqiāo)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 繑 (“(Cantonese) coil, wind”). (This character is a variant form of 繑).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蹺 – see 巧 (“(Cantonese) opportune; coincidental”). (This character is a variant form of 巧).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𮛡 |
| Kyūjitai | 蹺 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮛡)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
* Kun: みがるい (migarui)

## Korean
### Hanja

蹺 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蹺: Hán Nôm readings: nghiêu
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