懂中文 Dong Chinese

橋

qiáo

bridge

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 喬 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

喬 sound component

喬  Sound component

qiáo

  

tall

Evolution

橋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
橋 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
橋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
橋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
橋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

桥 (橋) 

qiáo

bridge; beam, crosspiece; CL:座[zuò]

Most common words with 橋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

桥

bridge

大桥

Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[Sān​guó​Yǎn​yì], the two great beauties of ancient China

桥梁

bridge (lit. and fig.)

天桥

Tianqiao district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Jǐ​nán​shì], Shandong

剑桥

Cambridge