Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
xiào
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
xiào

Definitions by reading

ciê3
Mandarin equivalent xiào
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ciê3 Chenghai ciê3 Jieyang cio3 Raoping cio3 Shantou cio3
①xiào
②露出愉快的表情,发出欢喜的声音:~容 | ~颜 | ~眯眯 | 谈~风生。
③讥嘲:~柄 | ~话 | ~谈 | 贻~大方 | 嘲~ | 见~ | 耻~ 。
④讥诮人:嘲笑
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English meaning

smile, laugh, giggle; snicker

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
心母 三等 開口 宵韵 去声 私妙切
Reconstruction:
Original

欣也,喜也,亦作笑,私妙切五。