姣

Han character edit

姣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 4044₈, composition ⿰女交)

1. graceful
2. beautiful, handsome, pretty
3. cunning
4. a surname

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6214
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 5
• Unihan data for U+59E3

Glyph origin edit

Etymology 1 edit

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姣

1. (literary) beautiful

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

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姣

1. (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious

Synonyms edit

• (lewd): 淫蕩／淫荡 (yíndàng), 淫亂／淫乱 (yínluàn)

Compounds edit

References edit

• “姣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beautiful
2. handsome
3. pretty

Readings edit

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 姣い); うつくしい (utsukushii, 姣しい); いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 姣い)

Usage notes edit

This kanji is very rare in Japanese.

Hanja edit

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

1. lovely, charming
2. lewdness

Han character edit

姣: Hán Nôm readings: giảo

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References edit

• Nom Foundation