翹

翹 (radical 124, 羽+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土山尸一一 (GUSMM), four-corner 4721₂, composition ⿺堯羽)

• KangXi: page 959, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28808
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3357, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7FF9

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡew, *ɡews) : phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 羽 (“feather”).

翹

1. ^† long tail feathers of a bird; rectrix
2. ^† bird's tail
3. ^† animal's tail
4. to lift; to raise
5. to expose; to reveal; to uncover; to arouse
6. (colloquial, of wooden plank, paper, etc.) to become twisted; to be warped after getting wet and drying up
7. outstanding; extraordinary
8. high; dangerous
9. ^† lush; luxuriant
10. ^† (historical) a kind of hair jewelry worn by ancient women, shaped like a bird's tail
11. ^† Alternative form of 篪 (chí, “ancient musical instrument”).

翹

1. (colloquial) to stick up (one end of an object, such as a tail); to curl up; to turn upwards
2. (colloquial) to leave in stealth; to play truant; to wag (from school)

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. excellence

• On (unclassified): ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: つまだてる (tsumadateru), あげる (ageru)

翹 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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翹 (kiều)

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