# 筊

| 筊 | U+7B4A, &#31562; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4A |
| ← 等 [U+7B49] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 筋 → [U+7B4B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

筊 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜金大 (HYCK), four-corner 8840$_8$, composition ⿱𥫗交)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25993
* Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2970, character 2
* Unihan data for U+7B4A

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎo, xiáo, jiáo (jiao$^3$, xiao$^2$, jiao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ, ㄒㄧㄠˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^2$ / ngaau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^2$
*** Yale: syáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiáo
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^2$
*** Yale: jyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^2$ / ngaau$^4$
*** Yale: gáau / ngàauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^2$ / ngaau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^2$ / ngao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯³⁵/, /ŋaːu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: haew, kaewX
Rime :
| Character | 筊 | 筊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 胡茅切 | 古巧切 |
| Baxter | haew | kaewX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠau/ | /kˠau$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚau/ | /kᵚau$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣau/ | /kau$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaɨw/ | /kaɨw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣau/ | /kau$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣau/ | /kau$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣau/ | /kau$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiáo | jiǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haau$^4$ | gaau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 筊 | 筊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6312 | 6324 |
| Phonetic component | 交 | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絞 | 肴 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːwʔ/ | /*ɡreːw/ |

#### Definitions

筊
* (literary) bamboo rope
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, music) a kind of paixiao

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiào, jiǎo (jiao$^4$, jiao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ, ㄐㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^3$ / gaau$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^4$
*** Yale: jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in 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$^3$ / gaau$^2$
*** Yale: gaau / gáau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^3$ / gaau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^3$ / gao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯³³/, /kaːu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

筊
* Alternative form of 珓 (jiào, “moon blocks”)

#### Compounds

* 哭筊 (kūjiǎo)
* 怒筊 (nùjiǎo)
* 擲筊 / 掷筊 (zhìjiǎo)
* 立筊
* 笑筊 (xiàojiǎo)
* 筊杯 (jiǎobēi)
* 筊貝 / 筊贝
* 聖筊 / 圣筊 (shèngjiǎo)

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 筊 – see 繳 (“gambling”). (This character is the Taiwanese Hokkien recommended form of 繳).

#### Compounds

* 剪筊
* 戇筊 / 戆筊
* 東筊 / 东筊
* 癮筊 / 瘾筊
* 筊仙
* 筊伴
* 筊場 / 筊场
* 筊官
* 筊岫
* 筊本
* 筊棍
* 筊注
* 筊癮 / 筊瘾
* 筊跤
* 筊間 / 筊间
* 筊頭 / 筊头
* 筊鬼
* 贏筊 / 赢筊
* 跋歹筊
* 跋筊
* 輸筊 / 输筊

### References

* “筊”, 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–
* “筊”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.