懂中文 Dong Chinese

蕉

jiāo, qiáo

banana

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

焦 sound component

焦  Sound component

jiāo

  

burned

Evolution

蕉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蕉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蕉  

jiāo

banana; plantain

蕉  

qiáo

see 蕉萃[qiáo​cuì]

Most common words with 蕉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

香蕉

banana

蕉

banana

芭蕉

Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)

美人蕉

canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)

蕉岭

Jiaoling county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong