qiáo
tall
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)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 喬
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
surname Qiao | ||
George (name) | ||
Jordan (name) | ||
Jobs (name) | ||
promotion |
Component uses
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[N-k](r)aw | gjew | qiáo | high, tall |
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 | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+55AC |
Shuowen | “喬，高而曲也。从夭，从高省。《詩》曰：‘南有喬木。’” |
Sources
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