tiáo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (literary) the hanging fringe of hair worn by young children

Examples

Huáng fà chuí tiáo, bìng yí rán zìlè.
Grey-haired elders and tufted children alike were happy and content.

Tips

history
is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is best known from the line in Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring, and survives in (childhood). It shares the phonetic with .
register
Literary and classical only, encountered in old prose and etymology notes, not in modern speech.

Components

radical
biāo
long hanging hair
is the long-hair radical, used for words about hair and hairstyles. It carries the meaning: is a child's hanging fringe.
phonetic
zhào
to summon; to call
supplies the sound, drifted to tiáo. The same phonetic appears in and (far away).

Stroke Order

tiáo