蛟

蛟	U+86DF, 蛟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86DF

← 蛞
[U+86DE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蛠 →
[U+86E0]

Translingual

Han character

蛟 (radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜金大 (LIYCK), four-corner 5014₈, composition ⿰虫交)

References

KangXi: page 1081, character 37
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33009
Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2851, character 11
Unihan data for U+86DF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	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, OC *kreːw) : semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw).

Etymology

Possibly connected with Burmese [script needed] (khrû, “a kind of mermaid”) and Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, “serpent, naga”) (Schuessler, 2007). However, Schuessler (2007) notices phonological differences between Old Chinese and Written Tibetan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹
Min Nan (POJ): kiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau¹
  - Yale: gāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹
  - IPA ^(key): /käːu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiau
  - Tâi-lô: kiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiaʊ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kˠau/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/
Li Rong	/kau/
Wang Li	/kau/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo

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
^† aquatic reptile, including the soft-shelled turtle and the alligator
^† Alternative form of 鮫／鲛 (jiāo, “shark”).

Japanese

Kanji

蛟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

A Water Spirit, generally potrayed 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 (giao)

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