Chinese Character Wiki

醮

jiào

religious service

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound.

Components
酉 meaning component

酉  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

焦 sound component

焦  Sound component

jiāo

  

burned

Evolution

醮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
醮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
醮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
醮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

醮  

jiào

religious service; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony; to perform sacrifice

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

蘸

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4056th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+91AE

Shuowen

“醮，冠娶禮祭。从酉，焦聲。，醮或从示。”


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