懂中文 Dong Chinese

较

jiào

compare

Original meaning: 

horizontal beams on a carriage

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Simplified form of 較. Based on the original meaning "horizontal beams on a carriage". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
车 meaning component

车  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

交 sound component

交  Sound component

jiāo

  

to cross

Evolution

较 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
较 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

较 (較) 

jiào

compare; comparatively, more; to compare; to dispute; compared to; (before adj.) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiǎo]

Most common words with 较
Freq.
Word
Meaning

比较

to compare

较

to compare

较大

comparatively large

较为

comparatively

较好

better