佼 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jiǎo

beautiful

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

交 Sound component

jiāo

to cross

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jiǎo

beautiful, handsome, good-looking; handsome

Most common words with 佼

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	佼佼者	well-known figure
	佼	handsome

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3993rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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