交
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1]
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #143 U+4EA4
How 交 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person with crossed (intersecting) legs
How to remember it
mingle · Heisig RSH #1044
top hat + 父 father
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 交 as their sound component
These characters all use 交 (jiāo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交 sound component | jiāo | to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix |
| 校 | xiào | school; military field officer |
| 效 | xiào | result, effect; effective |
| 咬 | yǎo | to bite, to gnaw |
| 较 | jiào | to compare; relatively; more |
| 绞 | jiǎo | intertwined; to twist, to wring; to hang a criminal |
| 郊 | jiāo | suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space |
| 饺 | jiǎo | stuffed dumplings |
| 狡 | jiǎo | cunning, deceitful, treacherous |
| 皎 | jiǎo | white; bright, brilliant; clear |
| 鲛 | jiāo | shark |
| 跤 | jiāo | to tumble, to fall; to wrestle |
| 蛟 | jiāo | a legendary scaled dragon |
| 佼 | jiǎo | beautiful, handsome, good-looking |
| 姣 | jiāo | beautiful, handsome, pretty |
| 洨 | xiáo | a river in Hebei province |
| 茭 | jiāo | an edible aquatic grass; Zizania aquatica |
Words containing 交
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上海交通大学 | Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 西安交通大学 | Xī ān Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) |
| 交通大学 | Jiāo tōng Dà xué | abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong Unive… |
| 西南交通大学 | Xī nán Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Southwest Jiaotong University |
| 一面之交 | yī miàn zhī jiāo | to have met once; casual acquaintance |
| 交口县 | Jiāo kǒu Xiàn | Jiaokou, a county in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 交大 | Jiāo dà | Jiaotong University; University of Communications; abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学[Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2… |
| 交城县 | Jiāo chéng Xiàn | Jiaocheng, a county in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 交心 | jiāo xīn | to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart conversation |
| 点头之交 | diǎn tóu zhī jiāo | nodding acquaintance |
| 美国交会 | Měi guó Jiāo huì | abbr. for 美國證券交易委員會|美国证券交易委员会, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) |
| 性交 | xìng jiāo | sexual intercourse |
| 不可开交 | bù kě kāi jiāo | to be awfully (busy etc) |
| 公交车 | gōng jiāo chē | public transport vehicle; town bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4] |
| 文化交流 | wén huà jiāo liú | cultural exchange |
| 外交家 | wài jiāo jiā | diplomat |
| 平交道 | píng jiāo dào | level crossing |
| 上交 | shàng jiāo | to hand over to; to give to higher authority; to seek connections in high places |
| 交会 | jiāo huì | to encounter; to rendezvous; to converge; to meet (a payment) |
| 交安 | jiāo ān | road traffic safety (abbr. for 交通安全) |