Chinese Character Wiki

徼

jiǎo, jiào

frontier

Components
彳 meaning component

彳  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

step

敫 sound component

敫  Sound component

jiǎo

  

shining light

Evolution

徼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
徼 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
徼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
徼 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
徼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

徼  

jiǎo

frontier, border; inspect, patrol; by mere luck

徼  

jiào

boundary; to go around

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤew

kew

jiāo

seek; follow a course

*[k]ˤew(k)-s

kewH

jiào

limit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6219th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+5FBC

Shuowen

“徼，循也。从彳，敫聲。”


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