僑

See also: 侨

僑 U+50D1, 僑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D1 ← 僐 [U+50D0] CJK Unified Ideographs 僒 → [U+50D2]

Translingual

Han character

僑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人竹大月 (OHKB), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿰亻喬)

References

• KangXi: page 116, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1088
• Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 220, character 4
• Unihan data for U+50D1

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Chinese

trad.		僑
simp.		侨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s05702 Transcribed ancient scripts L32241 L32242 L32243 L32244 L07904 L07905 L07906 L07907
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (喬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
驕	*krew
嬌	*krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
憍	*krew, *kʰrew
穚	*krew
鷮	*krew, *ɡrew
蕎	*krew, *ɡrew
喬	*krew, *ɡrew
簥	*krew
撟	*krew, *krewʔ
矯	*krewʔ
鱎	*krewʔ
敽	*krewʔ
蟜	*krewʔ, *ɡrew
譑	*krewʔ, *kʰews
蹻	*krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
繑	*kʰew
鞽	*kʰrew
趫	*kʰrew, *ɡrew
嘺	*ɡew
橋	*ɡrew
僑	*ɡrew
鐈	*ɡrew
毊	*ɡrew, *qʰrew
轎	*ɡrew, *ɡrews
嶠	*ɡrews
獢	*qʰrew
屩	*kewɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrew): semantic 亻 + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чё (či͡o, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khièu
• Min Dong (BUC): gièu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiao⁵ / kiou⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): jjiau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чё (či͡o, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɔː²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴
    • Yale: kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khièu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieu⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâu
    • Tâi-lô: kiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /kiau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiao⁵ / kiou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâu / khiôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiau⁵⁵/, /kʰiou⁵⁵/

Note:

• kiao5 - Shantou;
• kiou5 - Chaozhou.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: jjiau (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑiɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇu/

Rime
Character	僑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	巨嬌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僑
Reading #	1/1
No.	10352
Phonetic component	喬
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	喬
Old Chinese	/*ɡrew/

Definitions

僑

1. to reside abroad; to sojourn; to lodge
2. people residing abroad

   僑批 / 侨批 [Hokkien]  ―  kiâu-phoe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  letter from relatives abroad

3. (historical) related to refugees who escaped Xianbei rule in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and resettled in areas still controlled by the Eastern Jin government
4. diaspora

   華僑 / 华侨  ―  huáqiáo  ―  overseas Chinese

Compounds

• 三僑／三侨
• 僑人／侨人
• 僑務／侨务 (qiáowù)
• 僑匯／侨汇 (qiáohuì)
• 僑區／侨区
• 僑商／侨商 (qiáoshāng)
• 僑團／侨团
• 僑報／侨报
• 僑委會／侨委会
• 僑寓／侨寓
• 僑居／侨居 (qiáojū)
• 僑屬／侨属
• 僑巴兒／侨巴儿 (qiáobār)
• 僑批／侨批 (qiáopī)

• 僑札／侨札
• 僑民／侨民 (qiáomín)
• 僑港／侨港 (Qiáogǎng)
• 僑滙／侨滙
• 僑生／侨生 (qiáoshēng)
• 僑眷／侨眷 (qiáojuàn)
• 僑社／侨社
• 僑置／侨置
• 僑胞／侨胞 (qiáobāo)
• 僑資／侨资
• 僑軍／侨军
• 僑辦／侨办
• 僑選代表／侨选代表
• 僑鄉／侨乡 (qiáoxiāng)

• 僑陳如／侨陈如 (Qiáochénrú)
• 僑領／侨领 (qiáolǐng)
• 同僑／同侨 (tóngqiáo)
• 外僑／外侨 (wàiqiáo)
• 外僑居留／外侨居留
• 撤僑／撤侨 (chèqiáo)
• 歸僑／归侨 (guīqiáo)
• 田僑／田侨
• 田僑仔／田侨仔
• 花僑／花侨 (Huāqiáo)
• 華僑／华侨 (huáqiáo)
• 華僑條款／华侨条款
• 越僑／越侨 (yuèqiáo)
• 難僑／难侨 (nànqiáo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (僑):

• → Vietnamese: kiều (僑)

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Japanese

Kanji

僑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. person residing abroad

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: たかい (takai)

Compounds

Compounds

• 印僑(いんきょう) (inkyō)
• 越僑(えっきょう) (ekkyō)
• 華僑(かきょう) (kakyō)
• 僑居(きょうきょ) (kyōkyo)
• 僑寓(きょうぐう) (kyōgū)
• 僑士(きょうし) (kyōshi)
• 公孫僑(こうそんきょう) (kōsonkyō)
• 新華僑(しんかきょう) (shinkakyō)
• 日僑(にっきょう) (nikkyō)
• 老華僑(ろうかきょう) (rōkakyō)
• 和僑(わきょう) (wakyō)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Compounds

Compounds

• 교포 (僑胞, gyopo)
• 교민 (僑民, gyomin)
• 화교 (華僑, hwagyo)
• 교접 (僑接, gyojeop)
• 교우 (僑寓, gyou)
• 교중 (僑中, gyojung)
• 교인 (僑人, gyoin)
• 교거 (僑居, gyogeo)
• 한교 (韓僑, han'gyo)
• 교군 (僑軍, gyogun)
• 교체 (僑體, gyoche)

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Vietnamese

Han character

僑: Hán Việt readings: kiều
僑: Nôm readings: quều

1. (literary) a person who takes up residence in a foreign country

Compounds

• 僑匯 (kiều hối)
• 僑居 (kiều cư)
• 僑民 (kiều dân)
• 僑胞 (kiều bào)
• 僑軍 (kiều quân)
• 外僑 (ngoại kiều)
• 華僑 (Hoa kiều)
• 越僑 (Việt kiều)