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跷

qiāo

Character Traditional 蹺

What 跷 means

1. to raise one's foot
2. to stand on tiptoe
3. stilts

Other readings

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

• qiāovariant of {跷|qiāo}; to raise one's foot; stilts

Words starting with 跷

• 跷家qiāo jiāto run away from home
• 跷课qiāo kèto skip class
• 跷班qiāo bānsee 翘班
• 跷跷板qiāo qiāo bǎnsee-saw

Words containing 跷

• 蹊跷qī qiāoodd; queer; strange; fishy
• 按跷àn qiāo(old) massage
• 高跷gāo qiāostilts; walking on stilts as component of folk dance
• 踩高跷cǎi gāo qiāoto walk on stilts
• 高跷鹬gāo qiāo yù(bird species of China) stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Characters built on 尧

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

• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 翘qiáooutstanding; to raise
• 侥jiǎoby mere luck
• 骁xiāogood horse; valiant
• 硗qiāostony soil
• 哓xiāoa cry of alarm; querulous

Characters that look like 跷

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

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 疏shūto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 跪guìto kneel
• 跺duòto stamp one's feet

Sounds the same

Read qiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敲to hit; to strike; to tap
• 悄used in 悄悄
• 雀a freckle; lentigo
• 锹shovel; spade
• 橇sled; sleigh
• 硗stony soil
• 缲hem with invisible stitches
• 墝stony soil
• 骹shank (the leg from knee to ankle); leg (from hip to ankle); (horse anatomy) pastern
• 劁to neuter livestock
• 橾old variant of 锹