jiāo
seductive and loveable
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 喬 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 嬌
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
lovable | ||
petite | ||
to throw a tantrum | ||
fragile | ||
pampered and spoiled since childhood |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.5400% of movies
2702nd most common character in movies
2158th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5B0C |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“嬌,姿也。从女,喬聲。” |
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