侨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qiáo

sojourn

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 乔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僑.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

乔 Sound component

qiáo

tall

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

qiáo

sojourn, lodge; emigrant; to reside abroad

Most common words with 侨

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	侨	emigrant
	华侨	overseas Chinese
	侨民	expatriates
	侨居	to reside in a foreign country
	外侨	foreigner

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2340th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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