Dong Chinese dictionary

jiào

compare

Original meaning:

horizontal beams on a carriage

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Based on the current meaning "horizontal beams on a carriage". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

車 Meaning component

chē, jū

vehicle

車 hints at the original meaning of 較, "horizontal beams on a carriage", which is no longer the most common meaning of 較 in modern Mandarin.

交 Sound component

jiāo

to cross

Definitions

较 (較)

jiào

compare; comparatively, more; to compare; to dispute; compared to; (before adj.) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiǎo]

Most common words with 較

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	比较	to compare
	较	to compare
	较大	comparatively large
	较为	comparatively
	较好	better

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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