醮

醮 · jiào

religious service; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jiào
Cantonese
ziu3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

religious service; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony

Dictionary definitions & readings

醮 jiào · to perform sacrifice

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63598.100:jiào,qiáo,zhàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0573.050:jiào Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
171.150:jiào Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jiào粵ziu3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ ソウ ジョウ まつる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
초:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
即消 子肖 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MWOGF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1063.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1287.330 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
414.51 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1148f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+91AE
Radical
酉 · 164
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6375

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
醮
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsjew · 即消 · 效開三平宵精 · #665
Middle Chinese
tsjewH · 子肖 · 效開三去宵精 · #2780

PHONO-ML, source line 5378; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1355.502
kDaeJaweon
1788.120
kFennIndex
49.04
kGSR
1148f
kHanYu
63598.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
1788.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63598.100
kIRGKangXi
1287.330
kKangXi
1287.330
kMatthews
727
kMeyerWempe
3396
kMorohashi
40031
kSBGY
414.51
kSMSZD2003Index
713.09
kCangjie
MWOGF
kFenn
56K
kFourCornerCode
1063.1
kMojiJoho
MJ026552
kPhonetic
216
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AGTKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7534
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3E7
kIRG_JSource
J14-7A49
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-EDFA
kIRG_KSource
K0-7534
kIRG_TSource
T1-7934
kRSUnicode
164.12
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C3E7
kCCCII
234148
kCNS1986
1-7934
kCNS1992
1-7934
kEACC
234148
kGB0
8520
kGB1
8520
kJIS0213
2,90,41
kJis1
6685
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6831
kTGH
2013:6375
kTaiwanTelegraph
6831
kXerox
272:370
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15214+164.7.12
kCantonese
ziu3
kDefinition
religious service; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony
kFanqie
即消 子肖
kHangul
초:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63598.100:jiào,qiáo,zhàn
kJapanese
ショウ ソウ ジョウ まつる
kJapaneseKun
MATSURU
kJapaneseOn
SHOU JOU
kKorean
CHO
kMandarin
jiào
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiào粵ziu3
kTGHZ2013
171.150:jiào
kXHC1983
0573.050:jiào

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 醮1forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
酉 beside 焦 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰酉焦$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰酉焦$(GHTJKP)

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