嫖

嫖	U+5AD6, 嫖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AD6

Translingual

Han character

嫖 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女一田火 (VMWF), four-corner 4149₁, composition ⿰女票)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6637
Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 5
Unihan data for U+5AD6

Chinese

trad.		嫖
simp. ^#		嫖

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰew, *pʰews) : semantic 女 + phonetic 票 (OC *pʰew).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piáo (piao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phèu
Eastern Min (BUC): pièu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phiâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): piao⁵ / piou⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶biau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piáo
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao²
  - Yale: pyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyau
  - Palladius: пяо (pjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: piu⁴
  - Yale: pìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: peu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: peu²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pièu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiâu
  - Tâi-lô: phiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: piao⁵ / piou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiâu / phiôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiau⁵⁵/, /pʰiou⁵⁵/

Note:

piao5 - Shantou, Jieyang;
piou5 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶biau
  - MiniDict: biau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³biau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɔ²³/

Definitions

嫖

to visit prostitutes; to patronise prostitutes

Compounds

吃喝嫖賭／吃喝嫖赌 (chīhēpiáodǔ)
嫖友 (piáoyǒu)
嫖妓 (piáojì)
嫖娼 (piáochāng)
嫖婊子
嫖客 (piáokè)
嫖經／嫖经
嫖賭／嫖赌
狂嫖濫賭／狂嫖滥赌

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piāo (piao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piao
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹
  - Yale: pyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piau
  - Palladius: пяо (pjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: piu¹
  - Yale: pīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹phiau
  - MiniDict: phiau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: phjiew, phjiewH

Rime
Character	嫖	嫖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	撫招切	匹妙切
Baxter	phjiew	phjiewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇu/	/pʰiᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛu/	/pʰiɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæu/	/pʰjæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiaw/	/pʰiaw^H/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛu/	/pʰiɛu^H/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piāo	piào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu¹	piu³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰew/, /*pʰews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫖	嫖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9756	9778
Phonetic component	票	票
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	爂	剽
Old Chinese	/*pʰew/	/*pʰews/

Definitions

嫖

^† nimble; agile

Compounds

嫖姚

Japanese

Kanji

嫖

(Hyōgai kanji)

wanton, hedonist

Readings

Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
Kun: かるい (karui, 嫖い)

Korean

Hanja

嫖 • (pyo) (hangeul 표, revised pyo, McCune–Reischauer p'yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嫖: Hán Nôm readings: phiêu, phếu, phiếu, tẹo, phèo

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