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CHINESE CHARACTER

jiāo

交

交

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mate

Numbered pinyin
jiao1
English meanings
associate with, make friends, fall in with, mate

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 六; bottom 乂.

  • Top

    六
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  • Bottom

    乂

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱六乂

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    jiāo交zuòyè作业。

    Hand in homework.

  2. 02

    jiāopéngyou交朋友hěn很zhòngyào重要。

    Making friends is important.

  3. 03

    jiāo交le了xuéfèi学费。

    Paid the tuition.

  4. 04

    bǎ把qián钱jiāogěi交给tā他。

    Give the money to him.

  5. 05

    wǒmen我们jiāo交le了shuǐ水diàn电fèi费。

    We paid the utilities.

  6. 06

    bǎ把shìqing事情jiāodài交代qīngchu清楚。

    Explain things clearly.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 交付
  • 交代
  • 交叉
  • 交响乐
  • 交头接耳
  • 交往
  • 交情
  • 交换
  • 交接
  • 交易
  • 交替
  • 交朋友
  • 交流
  • 交涉
  • 交界
  • 交纳
  • 交给
  • 交警
  • 交谈
  • 交费
  • 交通
  • 交锋
  • 交际
  • 交集
  • 公交车
  • 外交
  • 外交官
  • 建交
  • 成交
  • 打交道
  • 提交
  • 杂交
  • 社交
  • 移交
  • 立交桥
  • 纵横交错
  • 转交
  • 递交