# 蛟

| 蛟 | U+86DF, &#34527; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86DF |
| ← 蛞 [U+86DE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛠 → [U+86E0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜金大 (LIYCK), four-corner 5014$_8$, composition ⿰虫交)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 37
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33009
* Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2851, character 11
* Unihan data for U+86DF

## 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 *kreːw): semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

### Etymology

Possibly connected with Burmese ခြူး (hkru:, “a type of beast”) and Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, “serpent, naga”) (Schuessler, 2007). However, Schuessler (2007) notices phonological differences between Old Chinese and Written Tibetan.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kâu
    (Hailu, HRS): gau$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gău
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$
*** Yale: jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^1$
*** Yale: gāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gău
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gao$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gau
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau
*** Tâi-lô: kau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kaew
Rime :
| Character | 蛟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古肴切 |
| Baxter | kaew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /kau/ |
| Wang Li | /kau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6299 |
| Phonetic component | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 交 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːw/ |

### Definitions

蛟
* (～龍) (Chinese mythology) mythical flood dragon
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) aquatic reptile, including the soft-shelled turtle and the alligator
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 鮫 / 鲛 (jiāo, “shark”)

#### Compounds

* 出蛟
* 蛟龍 / 蛟龙 (jiāolóng)

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蛟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 107.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* A Water Spirit, generally portrayed as a dragon.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)
* Kun: みずち (mizuchi)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

蛟: Hán Nôm readings: giao
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