qiáo

sojourn

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 .

乔 sound component

  Sound component

qiáo

  

tall

Evolution

侨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
侨 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
侨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiáo

sojourn, lodge; emigrant; to reside abroad

Most common words with 侨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

emigrant

华侨

overseas Chinese

侨民

expatriates

侨居

to reside in a foreign country

外侨

foreigner