jiāo

beautiful

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

woman

交 sound component

  Sound component

jiāo

  

to cross

Evolution

姣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
姣 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
姣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiāo

beautiful, handsome, pretty; cunning; pretty

 

Jiāo

surname Jiao