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僬

jiāo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 僬侥: a legendary race of dwarfs (also their country)

Examples

HSK 4
僬侥国的故事出自《列子》。
Jiāoyáo guó de gùshi chū zì 《 Lièzǐ 》.
The story of the dwarf country comes from the classic 'Liezi'.
HSK 6
古代传说中有身高三尺的僬侥。
Gǔdài chuánshuō zhōng yǒu shēngāo sān chǐ de jiāoyáo.
Ancient legend tells of the Jiaoyao, a people only three feet tall.

Tips

culture
僬 survives only in 僬侥, a mythical race of three-foot-tall dwarfs from old texts like 列子 and 山海经. It can also figuratively mean a petty, lowly person.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
Left is the side-person radical 亻, the standing form of 人. It marks the character as a kind of human being - here a legendary dwarf people.
phonetic
焦 jiāo
scorched (phonetic)
Right is 焦, here purely for sound, giving the jiāo reading exactly. The same phonetic appears in 蕉 (banana) and 礁 (reef).

Stroke Order

僬 jiāo