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樵

qiáo

Character

What 樵 means

1. firewood
2. gather wood

Example sentences

• 王子爱上了一个樵夫的女儿。
  Wángzǐ àishàng le yī gè qiáofū de nǚ'ér.
  The prince fell in love with a woodcutter's daughter.

Words starting with 樵

• 樵夫qiáo fūwoodman; woodcutter
• 樵子qiáo zǐwoodcutter

Words containing 樵

• 渔樵yú qiáo(literary) fishermen and woodcutters…

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
• 谯qiáodrum tower
• 鹪jiāoeastern wren
• 醮jiàoto perform sacrifice
• 噍jiàoto chew

Characters that look like 樵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 糕gāocake
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 蟆mátoad
• 糅róumix

Sounds the same

Read qiáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桥bridge
• 瞧to look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 侨emigrant; to reside abroad
• 翘outstanding; to raise
• 乔tall
• 憔used in 憔悴
• 荞common mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 谯drum tower
• 硚used in place names; see 硚头
• 睄to look at (old variant of 瞧
• 趫nimble; walk on stilts
• 鞒the pommel and cantle of a saddle