# 嫖

| 嫖 | U+5AD6, &#23254; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AD6 |
| ← 嫕 [U+5AD5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫗 → [U+5AD7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫖 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女一田火 (VMWF), four-corner 4149$_1$, composition ⿰女票)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6637
* Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5AD6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 標 | *pew, *pewʔ |
| 鏢 | *pew, *pʰew |
| 瘭 | *pew |
| 幖 | *pew |
| 熛 | *pew |
| 蔈 | *pew |
| 膘 | *prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ |
| 褾 | *pewʔ |
| 票 | *pʰew |
| 飄 | *pʰew, *bew |
| 漂 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 螵 | *pʰew, *bew |
| 瞟 | *pʰew, *pʰewʔ |
| 嫖 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 旚 | *pʰew |
| 僄 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 慓 | *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ |
| 彯 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 摽 | *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ |
| 翲 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 嘌 | *pʰew |
| 縹 | *pʰewʔ |
| 醥 | *pʰewʔ |
| 顠 | *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ |
| 篻 | *pʰewʔ, *mbew |
| 剽 | *pʰews, *bew |
| 勡 | *pʰews |
| 薸 | *bew |
| 瓢 | *bew |
| 鰾 | *bewʔ |
| 驃 | *bews |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰew, *pʰews): semantic 女 + phonetic 票 (OC *pʰew).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): piáo (piao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): piu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phèu
    (Hailu, HRS): piau
* Eastern Min (BUC): pièu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phiâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): piao$^5$ / piou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$biau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piáo
*** Wade–Giles: pʻiao$^2$
*** Yale: pyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyau
*** Palladius: пяо (pjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: piu$^4$
*** Yale: pìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: piu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: piu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: peu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: peu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: piau
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰiau⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pièu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰieu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiâu
*** Tâi-lô: phiâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: piao$^5$ / piou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiâu / phiôu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiau⁵⁵/, /pʰiou⁵⁵/
* piao5 - Shantou, Jieyang;
* piou5 - Chaozhou.

#### Definitions

嫖
* to visit prostitutes; to patronise prostitutes

#### Compounds

* 吃喝嫖賭 / 吃喝嫖赌 (chīhēpiáodǔ)
* 嫖友 (piáoyǒu)
* 嫖妓 (piáojì)
* 嫖娼 (piáochāng)
* 嫖婊子
* 嫖客 (piáokè)
* 嫖經 / 嫖经
* 嫖賭 / 嫖赌 (piáodǔ)
* 狂嫖濫賭 / 狂嫖滥赌

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): piāo (piao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): piu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$phiau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piao
*** Wade–Giles: pʻiao$^1$
*** Yale: pyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piau
*** Palladius: пяо (pjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: piu$^1$
*** Yale: pīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: piu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: piu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$phiau
*** MiniDict: phiau$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$phiau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɔ⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: phjiew, phjiewH
Rime :
| Character | 嫖 | 嫖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 撫招切 | 匹妙切 |
| Baxter | phjiew | phjiewH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiᴇu/ | /pʰiᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰiɛu/ | /pʰiɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjæu/ | /pʰjæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰiaw/ | /pʰiaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiɛu/ | /pʰiɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭɛu/ | /pʰĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯ɛu/ | /pʰi̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | piāo | piào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | piu$^1$ | piu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰew/, /*pʰews/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫖 | 嫖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9756 | 9778 |
| Phonetic component | 票 | 票 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 爂 | 剽 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰew/ | /*pʰews/ |

#### Definitions

嫖
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile

#### Compounds

* 嫖姚

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* wanton, hedonist

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kun: かるい (karui, 嫖い)

## Korean
### Hanja

嫖 • (pyo) (hangeul 표, revised pyo, McCune–Reischauer p'yo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嫖: Hán Nôm readings: phiêu, phếu, phiếu, tẹo, phèo
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