蹺
qiāo

raise one's foot

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋ̊ʰew

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

跷 qiāo raise one's foot Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹺.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode