jiāo, qiáo
banana
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 蕉
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
banana | ||
banana | ||
Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) | ||
canna or Indian shot (genus Canna) | ||
Jiaoling county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 4.1486% of movies
2494th most common character in movies
3104th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+8549 |
Shuowen | “蕉，生枲也。从艸，焦聲。” |
Sources
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