jiǎo

deliver

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

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

敫 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎo

  

shining light

Evolution

缴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
缴 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
缴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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jiǎo

deliver, submit; hand over; to hand in; to hand over; to seize

Most common words with 缴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to hand in

缴纳

to pay (taxes etc)

缴费

to pay a fee

缴税

to pay tax

收缴

to seize