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谯

qiáo

Character Traditional 譙

What 谯 means

1. drum tower

Other readings

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

• qiàoridicule; to blame
• Qiáosurname Qiao

Words starting with 谯

• 谯城区Qiáo chéng QūQiaocheng, a district of Bozhou City 亳州市
• 谯城Qiáo chéngsee 谯城区

Words containing 谯

• 南谯区Nán qiáo QūNanqiao, a district of Chuzhou City 滁州市
• 南谯Nán qiáosee 南谯区

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
• 鹪jiāoeastern wren
• 醮jiàoto perform sacrifice
• 噍jiàoto chew

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
• 荞common mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 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