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<WL>乔(F喬) [qiáo] (surname); 乔木 | <WL>乔(F喬) [qiáo] (surname); tall/arching; 乔木 tall tree, arbor/grove; proud@@ [jiǎo] [jiāo] cf. 喬 | ||
The | The simple-form character 乔 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 喬 (12 strokes), keeping the upper part 夭 (4 strokes), but replacing the lower parts ⿱口冋 (8 strokes) with just (2 strokes). | ||
Note: In the full form 喬 the lower part is 高 (abbrev.); and in the simple form 乔 the full-form component 高 is abbrev. further, to only 2 modest strokes (). | |||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 喬() qiáo ‘tall/arching; proud’ (top-heavy) combines 夭(𫯛) yāo ‘lean forward/over; young/foolish’ (phonosemantic), and 高() gāo ‘tall’ (abbrev. phonosemantic): the high/proud head of 高 is replaced with 夭 ‘young/foolish; die young’: immoderate pride before the fall. | |||
#rW.75b K.AD359 D.1.38.1 B.029.0.06 | Note: SW identifies 高 as an abbrev. component of 喬; it seems to be phonosemantic (亦声), not simply phonetic; Karlgren saw 高 gāo (phonetic): the old readings and meanings of 夭, 高, and 喬 are similar. | ||
# | Compare: 夭(𫯛) yāo ← MC /ʔjau/; 高() gāo ← MC /kɑu/; 喬() qiáo ← MC /kjau/ (SBGY). | ||
Compare: 桥/橋() qiáo ‘bridge; well-sweep’; 骄/驕() jiāo ‘tall/wild horse; proud’, formerly also wr. 喬 ‘tall/proud’; 娇/嬌 jiāo ‘graceful/pamper’. | |||
Compare: 轿/轎 jiào ‘light/bamboo sedan chair (for mountain travel)’ (簥). | |||
Compare: 呑/吞 tūn ‘swallow/gulp/annex/embezzle’ (similar to the top of 喬). | |||
#rW.75b K.AD359 D.1.38.1 B.029.0.06 WHY...99 E.0 | |||
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#y kiuh\ | #y kiuh\ | ||
#0</WL> | #0 | ||
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