Character: 喬
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiáo
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(r)aw
Classic Old Chinese: g(r)aw
Western Han Chinese: g(r)aw
Eastern Han Chinese: g(r)aw
Early Postclassic Chinese: gew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gew
Late Postclassic Chinese: gew
Middle Chinese: gew
English meaning : be tall
Russian meaning[s]: 1) высокий; возвышенный; величественный; 2) гордый, заносчивый; 3) маскироваться под..., гримироваться, рядиться; 4) Цяо (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 高而曲也.從夭.從高省.
Comments: For initial *g- cf. Xiamen kiau2, Fuzhou kieu2 (Chaozhou khiǝu2 is secondary). The character is also used in inscriptions as a loan for 鷮 *kaw / *gaw 'a k. of pheasant'. See 高.
Radical: 115
Four-angle index: 3758
Karlgren code: 1138 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 9.1
