jiào

high pointed mountain

A tall mountain  also provides the pronunciation

Components
山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

乔 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

qiáo

  

tall

Evolution

峤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
峤 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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jiào

high pointed mountain; highest peak