驃

See also: 骠

驃 U+9A43, 驃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A43 ← 驂 [U+9A42] CJK Unified Ideographs 驄 → [U+9A44]

Translingual

Han character

驃 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸火一田火 (SFMWF), four-corner 7139₁, composition ⿰馬票)

1. charger, steed
2. swift, valiant
3. Pyu

Derived characters

• 𭍇, 𩦾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1444, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44966
• Dae Jaweon: page 1968, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4574, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9A43

Chinese

trad.		驃
simp.		骠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
標	*pew, *pewʔ
鏢	*pew, *pʰew
瘭	*pew
幖	*pew
熛	*pew
蔈	*pew
膘	*prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ
褾	*pewʔ
票	*pʰew
飄	*pʰew, *bew
漂	*pʰew, *pʰews
螵	*pʰew, *bew
瞟	*pʰew, *pʰewʔ
嫖	*pʰew, *pʰews
旚	*pʰew
僄	*pʰew, *pʰews
慓	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
彯	*pʰew, *pʰews
摽	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
翲	*pʰew, *pʰews
嘌	*pʰew
縹	*pʰewʔ
醥	*pʰewʔ
顠	*pʰewʔ, *bewʔ
篻	*pʰewʔ, *mbew
剽	*pʰews, *bew
勡	*pʰews
薸	*bew
瓢	*bew
鰾	*bewʔ
驃	*bews

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāo, piào (biao¹, piao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ, ㄆㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu³ / biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹
    • Yale: byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biau
    • Palladius: бяо (bjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao⁴
    • Yale: pyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaw
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: piu³ / biu¹
    • Yale: piu / bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu³ / biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu³ / biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯³³/, /piːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjiewH

Rime
Character	驃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗召切
Baxter	bjiewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biawH/
Li Rong	/biɛuH/
Wang Li	/bĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驃
Reading #	1/1
No.	9790
Phonetic component	票
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	驃
Old Chinese	/*bews/

Definitions

驃

1. (literary) horse with a yellow coat and white spots

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piào (piao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu³ / biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao⁴
    • Yale: pyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaw
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: piu³ / biu¹
    • Yale: piu / bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu³ / biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu³ / biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯³³/, /piːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjiewH

Rime
Character	驃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗召切
Baxter	bjiewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biawH/
Li Rong	/biɛuH/
Wang Li	/bĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驃
Reading #	1/1
No.	9790
Phonetic component	票
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	驃
Old Chinese	/*bews/

Definitions

驃

1. (literary, of horses) swift
2. (literary) valiant
3. (historical) Pyu city-states

Compounds

• 驃國／骠国 (Biāoguó)
• 驃姚／骠姚
• 驃悍／骠悍 (piàohàn)
• 驃騎／骠骑 (piàoqí)
• 驃騎將軍／骠骑将军 (piàoqí jiāngjūn)

 

References

• “驃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

驃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: しらかげ (shirakage)、つよい (tsuyoi)、いさむ (isamu)

Korean

Hanja

驃 • (pyo) (hangeul 표, revised pyo, McCune–Reischauer p'yo, Yale phyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

驃: Hán Việt readings: phiếu, phiêu
驃: Nôm readings: phiêu

1. chữ Hán form of phiêu (“a rapid or courageous steed”).