qiáo
tall
Simplified form of 喬. Originally written the same as 高 (tall). The top part of the character was altered to distinguish 喬 from 高.
Components
◎ Distinguishing component
characterless component
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 乔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
surname Qiao | ||
George (name) | ||
Jordan (name) | ||
Jobs (name) | ||
promotion |
Component uses
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 15.6175% of movies
847th most common character in movies
1488th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+4E54 |
Sources
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