qiáo
sojourn
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 喬 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 僑
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
emigrant | ||
overseas Chinese | ||
expatriates | ||
to reside in a foreign country | ||
foreigner |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2340th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+50D1 |
Shuowen | “僑，高也。从人，喬聲。” |
Sources
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