jiāo

spirited, haughty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
馬 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

喬 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

qiáo

  

tall

Evolution

驕 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
驕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
驕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jiāo

spirited horse; haughty; proud; arrogant

Most common words with 驕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

骄傲

pride

proud

骄人

impressive

骄阳

blazing sun

骄横

arrogant