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迢

tiáo

Character

What 迢 means

1. remote

Words containing 迢

• 千里迢迢qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo(idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar
• 万里迢迢wàn lǐ tiáo tiáo(adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 归

Characters built on 召

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

• 貂diāosable or marten (genus Martes)
• 笤tiáobroom
• 苕tiáoreed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
• 髫tiáo(literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle)

Characters that look like 迢

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

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅
• 迸bèngto burst forth; to spurt; to crack

Sounds the same

Read tiáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 条strip; item; article
• 调to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 笤broom
• 苕reed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
• 鲦Korean sharpbelly (fish, Hemiculter leucisculus); chub
• 髫(literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle)
• 岧lofty peak
• 趒to jump; to climb over; to leap
• 鞗reins of leather
• 龆shed the milk teeth; young
• 蜩cicada
• 䩦variant of 鞗