懂中文 Dong Chinese

翹

qiào, qiáo

turn up

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components
羽 meaning component

羽  Meaning component

yǔ

  

feather

堯 sound component

堯  Sound component

yáo

  

legendary ancient emperor-sage

Evolution

翹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

翘 (翹) 

qiào

turn up, lift, elevate, raise; to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt

翘 (翹) 

qiáo

outstanding; to raise

Most common words with 翹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

翘

to stick up

翘首

to raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)

连翘

Forsythia

翘首以待

to anxiously await

翘翘板

see-saw