jiāo

spirited, haughty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified from .

Components
马 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

乔 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

qiáo

  

tall

Evolution

骄 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
骄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
骄 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
骄 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jiāo

spirited horse; haughty; proud; arrogant

Most common words with 骄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

骄傲

pride

proud

骄人

impressive

骄阳

blazing sun

骄横

arrogant