Pronunciation

Characters pronounced jiao.

27 name characters share this pronunciation across tones. Pinyin alone does not identify a character; choose the Hanzi you want.

All 27 characters are listed below. Each links to its own page with meaning, structure, and names that use it.

叫 jiào cry, shout; hail, greet, call 教 jiào scholarly teach, class 窖 jiào pit, cellar 轿 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin 较 jiào compare; comparatively, more 酵 jiào yeast, leaven 交 jiāo mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver 娇 jiāo warm seductive and loveable; tender 椒 jiāo pepper, spices 浇 jiāo natural spray, water, sprinkle 焦 jiāo burned, scorched; anxious, vexed 礁 jiāo reef; jetty; submerged rocks 胶 jiāo artistic glue, gum, resin, rubber; sound; shin bone 蕉 jiāo natural banana; plantain 跤 jiāo stumble, fall down; wrestle 郊 jiāo suburbs; waste land, open spaces 骄 jiāo scholarly spirited horse; haughty 侥 jiǎo be lucky; by chance, by luck 剿 jiǎo destroy, exterminate, annihilate 搅 jiǎo disturb, agitate, stir up 狡 jiǎo strong cunning, deceitful, treacherous 矫 jiǎo correct, rectify, straighten out 绞 jiǎo twist, wring; intertwine; winch 缴 jiǎo deliver, submit; hand over 脚 jiǎo leg, foot; base, leg, foundation 角 jiǎo natural horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica 饺 jiǎo stuffed dumplings

Why several characters share one pinyin

Mandarin has many homophones. Tone narrows the sound, but different characters can still share the same syllable and tone. The Hanzi is the identity; the pinyin is only the sound.

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