qiáo

tall

Originally written the same as (tall). The top part of the character was altered to distinguish from .

Components
◎ distinguishing component

  Distinguishing component

  

characterless component

高 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

gāo

  

high

Evolution

喬 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
喬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiáo

tall, lofty; proud, stately; tall

() 

Qiáo

surname Qiao

Most common words with 喬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Qiao

乔治

George (name)

乔丹

Jordan (name)

乔布斯

Jobs (name)

乔迁

promotion

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Sound component in 8 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[N-k](r)aw

gjew

qiáo

high, tall


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 15.6175% of movies

847th most common character in movies

1488th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

Unicode

U+55AC

Shuowen

“喬,高而曲也。从夭,从高省。《詩》曰:‘南有喬木。’”


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