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皎

jiǎo

Character

What 皎 means

1. bright
2. white

Words starting with 皎

• 皎洁jiǎo jiéshining clean; bright (moonlight)
• 皎厉jiǎo lìproud
• 皎月jiǎo yuèthe bright moon
• 皎白jiǎo báibright white
• 皎皎jiǎo jiǎoclear and bright
• 皎皎者易污jiǎo jiǎo zhě yì wūVirtue is easily sullied. (idiom)

Words containing 皎

• 明皎míng jiǎoclear and bright

Characters built on 交

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

• 效xiàoto imitate (variant of 效
• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 狡jiǎocrafty; cunning; sly
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)

Characters that look like 皎

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

• 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
• 琰yǎngem; glitter of gems
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze

Sounds the same

Read jiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 角angle; corner; horn
• 脚foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 饺dumplings with meat filling
• 狡crafty; cunning; sly
• 缴to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 搅to disturb; to annoy; to mix
• 侥by mere luck
• 绞to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 湫marsh
• 矫to correct; to rectify; to redress
• 剿to destroy; to extirpate
• 铰scissors; to cut (with scissors)