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筊

jiǎo

Character

What 筊 means

1. bamboo rope

Other readings

筊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiàovariant of {珓|jiào}

Words starting with 筊

• 筊杯jiǎo bēi(folk religion) moon blocks – a pair of crescent-shaped divination blocks thrown on the…

Words containing 筊

• 掷筊zhì jiǎo(folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯
• 立筊lì jiǎo(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯
• 笑筊xiào jiǎo(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯
• 圣筊shèng jiǎo(folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯
• 阴筊yīn jiǎo(folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯
• 杯筊bēi jiǎosee 筊杯

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)

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
• 皎bright; white
• 湫marsh
• 矫to correct; to rectify; to redress
• 剿to destroy; to extirpate