翹
qiàoqiáo HSK7

turn up

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

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjiew[ɡ]ew (failure to palatalize is unexplained)long tail-feather; raise
Zhengzhangɡew
ɡews
Unicodeghiɛu

說文解字

尾長毛也。从羽堯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

翘 qiào turn up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 翹.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode