jiāo

to connect

How it’s built

Pictograph of a person standing with crossed legs, conveying the meaning "to cross".

Through the ages

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 交 as a component, most common first.

较jiàoto compare 效xiàoresult 校xiàoschool 咬yǎoto bite 郊jiāosuburbs 狡jiǎocunning 绞jiǎointertwined 蛟jiāoa legendary scaled dragon 饺jiǎostuffed dumplings 跤jiāoto tumble 佼jiǎobeautiful 較jiàoto compare 餃jiǎostuffed dumplings 絞jiǎointertwined

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