郊
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suburbs; outskirts
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How 郊 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “place”) + 交 (phonetic, jiāo)
How to remember it
outskirts · Heisig RSH #2810
交 mingle + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 交
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 交 (jiāo) — 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 |
| 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 郊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南郊区 | Nán jiāo qū | Nanjiao district of Datong city 大同市[Da4 tong2 shi4], Shanxi |
| 京郊日报 | Jīng jiāo Rì bào | Beijing Suburbs Daily, newspaper in operation 1980-2018 |
| 近郊区 | jìn jiāo qū | suburbs; city outskirts |
| 郊区 | Jiāo Qū | Jiao District or Jiaoqu, a district of Tongling City 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 Shi4], Anhui; Jia… |
| 郊区 | jiāo qū | suburban district; outskirts; suburbs |
| 市郊 | shì jiāo | outer city; suburb |
| 城郊 | chéng jiāo | suburbs; outskirts of a city |
| 郊外 | jiāo wài | outskirts |
| 四郊 | sì jiāo | suburb; outskirts (of town) |
| 郊游 | jiāo yóu | to go for an outing; to go on an excursion |
| 远郊 | yuǎn jiāo | outer suburbs; remote outskirts of a city |
| 郊野 | jiāo yě | open area outside the city; countryside |
| 近郊 | jìn jiāo | suburbs; outskirts |
| 乡郊 | xiāng jiāo | (HK) rural area on the outskirts of a town or city; rural-urban fringe |
| 京郊 | Jīng jiāo | suburbs of Beijing |
| 荒郊 | huāng jiāo | desolate area outside a town |
| 郊狼 | jiāo láng | coyote (Canis latrans) |
| 孟郊 | Mèng Jiāo | Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet |
| 郊祀 | jiāo sì | pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the sou… |