翹 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qiào, qiáo

turn up

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

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ

feather

堯 Sound component

yáo

legendary ancient emperor-sage

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qiào

turn up, lift, elevate, raise; to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt

qiáo

outstanding; to raise

Most common words with 翹

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	翘	to stick up
	翘首	to raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)
	连翘	Forsythia
	翘首以待	to anxiously await
	翘翘板	see-saw

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g]ew (failure to palatalize is unexplained)	gjiew	qiáo	long tail-feather
*[g]ew (failure to palatalize is unexplained)	gjiew	qiáo	raise