# 狡

| 狡 | U+72E1, &#29409; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E1 |
| ← 狠 [U+72E0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 狢 → [U+72E2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

狡 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜金大 (KHYCK), four-corner 4024$_8$, composition ⿰犭交)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 710, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20365
* Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1345, character 9
* Unihan data for U+72E1

## 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** 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
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
*** Tâi-lô: káu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kao
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: kaewX
Rime :
| Character | 狡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| 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$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kau$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 狡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6307 |
| Phonetic component | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絞 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːwʔ/ |

### Definitions

狡
* sly; cunning; treacherous
    From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
    Lǚ Bù yǒu xiāohǔ zhī yǒng, ér wú yīngqí zhī lüè, qīng jiǎo fǎnfù, wéilìshìshì. Zìgǔ jíjīn, wèiyǒu ruòcǐ bù yímiè yě. [Pinyin]
    Lü Bu possessed a roaring tiger's valor, yet no strategy of talented and extraordinary people's; he was frivolous, treacherous, and shifty, only looking out for his own gain. From antiquity till now, there was none like this who was not destroyed.

### Compounds

* 三窟狡兔
* 刁狡
* 奸狡
* 朦狡
* 狡兔三窟 (jiǎotùsānkū)
* 狡怪 (káu-koài)
* 狡憤 / 狡愤
* 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
* 狡猾多詐 / 狡猾多诈
* 狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài)
* 狡童
* 狡蠹
* 狡計 / 狡计 (jiǎojì)
* 狡詐 / 狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
* 狡賴 / 狡赖 (jiǎolài)
* 狡辯 / 狡辩 (jiǎobiàn)
* 狡飾 / 狡饰
* 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* sly, cunning, sneaky

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: こすい (kosui, 狡い)、ずる (zuru, 狡)、ずるい (zurui, 狡い)、わるがしこい (warugashikoi, 狡い)

#### Compounds

* 狡(こう)獪(かい) (kōkai)
* 狡(こう)猾(かつ) (kōkatsu)
* 狡(こう)黠(かつ) (kōkatsu)
* 狡(こう)譎(きつ) (kōkitsu)
* 狡(こう)計(けい) (kōkei)
* 狡(こう)詐(さ) (kōsa)
* 狡(こう)捷(しょう) (kōshō)
* 狡(こう)知(ち), 狡(こう)智(ち) (kōchi)
* 狡(こう)兎(と) (kōto)
* 狡(こう)童(どう) (kōdō)
* 狡(こう)佞(ねい) (kōnei)
* 狡(こう)吏(り) (kōri)
* 狡(こす)辛(から)い (kosukarai)
* 狡(ずる)賢(がしこ)い (zurugashikoi)
* 凶(きょう)狡(こう) (kyōkō)
* 狂(きょう)狡(こう) (kyōkō)
* 剽(ひょう)狡(こう), 僄(ひょう)狡(こう) (hyōkō)
* 老(ろう)狡(こう) (rōkō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 狡
* ずる Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* ズル

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ずる [zúꜜrù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [d͡zɨɾɯ̟]

### Noun

狡(ずる) • (zuru)
* slyness, sly act, sly person

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

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

狡: Hán Nôm readings: giảo, sinh, xảo
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