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铰

jiǎo

Character Traditional 鉸

What 铰 means

1. scissors
2. to cut (with scissors)

Words starting with 铰

• 铰刀jiǎo dāoreamer; scissors
• 铰链jiǎo liànhinge

Words containing 铰

• 门铰mén jiǎodoor hinge
• 蝴蝶铰hú dié jiǎohinge

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
• 跤jiāoa tumble; a fall

Characters that look like 铰

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

• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 铣xǐto mill (machining); Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 铵ǎnammonium
• 铍píberyllium (chemistry)
• 钹bócymbals

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