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CHINESE CHARACTER

qiáo

瞧

瞧

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see

Numbered pinyin
qiao2
English meanings
look at, lay eyes on, behold, see, look, glaum, regard

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 目; right 焦.

Meaning & sound clues

目 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “eye”.

焦 is identified as the sound component (jiāo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 瞧.

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

Decomposition reference

⿰目焦

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

    qiáo瞧yī一qiáo瞧。

    Take a look.

  2. 02

    qiáo瞧shénme什么。

    What are you looking at.

  3. 03

    qiáo瞧jiàn见le了。

    Saw it.

  4. 04

    bié别qiáo瞧。

    Don't look.

  5. 05

    qiáo瞧wǒ我。

    Look at me.

  6. 06

    qiáo瞧guòlai过来。

    Look over here.

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