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矯

jiǎo, jiáo

correct

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 喬 represents the sound.

Components
矢 meaning component

矢  Meaning component

shǐ

  

arrow

喬 sound component

喬  Sound component

qiáo

  

tall

Evolution

矯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
矯 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
矯 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
矯 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
矯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

矫 (矯) 

jiǎo

correct, rectify, straighten out; to correct; to rectify; to redress; strong; brave; to pretend; to feign; affectation

矫 (矯) 

Jiǎo

surname Jiao

矫 (矯) 

jiáo

argumentative; contentious

Most common words with 矯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

矫正

to correct

矫

to correct

矫情

affected

矫健

vigorous

矫形

orthopedic (e.g. surgery)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k](r)[a]wʔ

kjewX

jiǎo

falsify


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.0183% of movies

3040th most common character in movies

2916th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

矫

Unicode

U+77EF

Shuowen

“矯，揉箭箝也。从矢，喬聲。”


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