峤 (qiáo) · (classical) a tall pointed mountain

Meanings

1 (classical) a tall pointed mountain
2 (read jiào) a mountain path; mountain pass

Characters

峤

qiáo

tall peak; (jiào) mountain path

Examples

HSK 6

出为碧峤。

Chū wéi bì qiáo.

Going out, it becomes a jade-green peak.

Tips

history

Not used alone in modern Chinese; it appears in classical travel writing and as a given-name character. The right side 乔 is the phonetic, the same element behind 桥, 侨 and 娇.

register

Classical and onomastic only; everyday Chinese uses 山峰 for a peak.

Components

radical

山 shān

mountain

The mountain radical 山 on the left marks 峤 as a landform, a sharp high peak, or a track through the mountains.

phonetic

乔 qiáo

tall; lofty

On the right, 乔 (tall) supplies the qiáo sound and a fitting flavour of height; it heads the family with 桥 and 侨.

Stroke Order

峤 qiáo

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