jiǎo

be lucky

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

尧 sound component

  Sound component

yáo

  

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Evolution

侥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
侥 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
侥 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
侥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
侥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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jiǎo

be lucky; by chance, by luck; by mere luck

Most common words with 侥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

侥幸

luckily

by mere luck