jiāo

suburbs, outskirts

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
交 sound component

  Sound component

jiāo

  

to cross

阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

is a component form of .

Evolution

郊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiāo

suburbs; waste land, open spaces; outskirts

 

Jiāo

surname Jiao

Most common words with 郊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

郊区

outskirts

郊外

outskirts

suburbs

市郊

outer city

城郊

suburbs