jiāo

to cross

Pictograph of a person standing with crossed legs, conveying the meaning "to cross".

Evolution

交 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
交 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
交 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiāo

mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver; to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of [jiāo]

Most common words with 交
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to hand over

交易

business deal

交通

traffic

交流

to exchange

交给

to give

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 24 characters (8 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)