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CHINESE CHARACTER

jiào

较

较

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Numbered pinyin
jiao4
English meanings
rather, quite, relatively, more

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 车; right 交.

  • Left

    车
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  • Right

    交
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    • Top

      六
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    • Bottom

      乂

Meaning & sound clues

车 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “cart”.

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

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

Decomposition reference

⿰车交

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

    tā他jiào较hǎo好。

    He is better.

  2. 02

    zhè这gè个jiào较dà大。

    This is bigger.

  3. 03

    tiānqì天气jiào较lěng冷。

    Fairly cold.

  4. 04

    tā他lái来de得jiào较wǎn晚。

    He came rather late.

  5. 05

    jiào较zhòngyào重要。

    Fairly important.

  6. 06

    shuǐpíng水平jiào较gāo高。

    A higher level.

Explore words connected to this character.

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