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荞

qiáo

Character Traditional 荍

What 荞 means

1. common mallow (Malva sinensis)
2. variant of {荞|qiáo}

Other readings

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

• qiáoused in {荞麦|qiáo mài}

Words starting with 荞

• 荞麦qiáo màibuckwheat

Characters built on 乔

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

• 桥qiáobridge
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 娇jiāolovable; pampered; tender
• 侨qiáoemigrant; to reside abroad
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 峤jiàohighest peak
• 挢jiǎoto raise; to lift; to pretend

Characters that look like 荞

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

• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 屏píng(standing) screen
• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 奔bēnto hurry; to rush; to run quickly
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious
• 劵juànold variant of 倦

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
• 樵firewood; gather wood
• 憔used in 憔悴
• 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