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峭

qiào
adjective #64,547

Meanings

  1. 1 steep; precipitous
  2. 2 stern; harsh

Examples

一道陡峭的悬崖挡在面前。
Yí dào dǒuqiào de xuányá dǎng zài miànqián.
A sheer cliff stood before us.
猴子在峭壁上灵活地攀爬。
Hóuzi zài qiàobì shàng línghuó de pānpá.
Monkeys climb nimbly up the steep rock face.

Tips

usage
Mainly physical: 陡峭 (steep) and 峭壁 (a sheer cliff). It can also describe a stern, sharp manner of speech or style, 冷峭 being cold and biting.

Components

radical
山 shān
mountain
Left mountain radical, the indexing component, fixing the image of a steep, near-vertical mountain face. The figurative 'sharp, stern' sense grows from that physical steepness. Same family as 峻 and 崖.
phonetic
肖 xiāo
to resemble
Right 肖 supplies the sound — xiāo drifting to qiào. It contributes no meaning here; the same phonetic appears in 削 and 稍.

Stroke Order

峭 qiào