僬

僬 · jiāo

clever; alert in mind pigmies

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jiāo
Cantonese
ziu1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

clever; alert in mind pigmies

Dictionary definitions & readings

僬 jiāo · used in 僬僥 jiāo yáo; used in 僬僬 jiāo jiāo

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10220.070:jiāo,jiào,jiǎo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0567.040:jiāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
169.040:jiāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jiāo粵ziu1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ ジョウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
초:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
昨焦 即消 子肖 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
OOGF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2023.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0117.240 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
147.39 148.12 414.58 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1148c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+50EC
Radical
人 · 9
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7693

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

14 strokes
僬
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 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
dzjew · 昨焦 · 效開三平宵從 · #663
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 5355; 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
126.601
kDaeJaweon
0249.090
kGSR
1148c
kHanYu
10220.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
0249.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10220.070
kIRGKangXi
0117.240
kKangXi
0117.240
kMatthews
722
kMorohashi
01127
kSBGY
147.39 148.12 414.58
kSMSZD2003Index
40.09
kCangjie
OOGF
kFourCornerCode
2023.1
kMojiJoho
MJ007101
kPhonetic
216
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5955
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E0FA
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-007101
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-36A4
kIRG_KSource
K1-6F69
kIRG_TSource
T2-4922
kRSUnicode
9.12
kTotalStrokes
14
kBigFive
E0FA
kCCCII
216855
kCNS1986
2-4922
kCNS1992
2-4922
kEACC
216855
kGB0
5753
kGB1
5753
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8072
kTGH
2013:7693
kTaiwanTelegraph
8087
kXerox
302:046
kCantonese
ziu1
kDefinition
clever; alert in mind pigmies
kFanqie
昨焦 即消 子肖
kHangul
초:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10220.070:jiāo,jiào,jiǎo
kJapanese
ショウ ジョウ
kJapaneseKun
HASHIRU
kJapaneseOn
SEU ZEU
kKorean
CHO
kMandarin
jiāo
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiāo粵ziu1
kTGHZ2013
169.040:jiāo
kXHC1983
0567.040:jiāo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 僬0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰亻焦$(GHTKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.