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佼
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handsome

HSK 10
Human →Relations
jiǎo
キョウ、コウ
こう.す、うつく.しい
교
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 交 mingle =
佼 handsome
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
交 Phonetic component
jiāo mingle
mix
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
佼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
佼 [jiǎo]
handsome
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
佼佼者 [jiǎo​jiǎo​zhě] #18,415
well-known figure
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
立正佼成会 [りっしょうこうせいかい] #239,868
Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938)