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劁

qiāo

Character

What 劁 means

1. to neuter livestock

Characters built on 焦

These share the phonetic component 焦 (jiāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 礁jiāoreef; shoal rock
• 蕉jiāobanana
• 憔qiáoused in 憔悴
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood
• 谯qiáodrum tower
• 鹪jiāoeastern wren
• 醮jiàoto perform sacrifice

Sounds the same

Read qiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敲to hit; to strike; to tap
• 悄used in 悄悄
• 雀a freckle; lentigo
• 跷to raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 锹shovel; spade
• 橇sled; sleigh
• 硗stony soil
• 缲hem with invisible stitches
• 墝stony soil
• 骹shank (the leg from knee to ankle); leg (from hip to ankle); (horse anatomy) pastern
• 橾old variant of 锹