jiāo
pepper
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 叔 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.tˤiw | tsew | jiāo | pepper plant |
*S.tew | tsjew | jiāo | pepper plant |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.1257% of movies
2280th most common character in movies
3187th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+6912 |
Sources
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