Memory phrase for the character: 较

较

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Meaning

to compare, comparatively, to contrast, rather

Pronunciation

jiào

Explanation

 Left: vehicle 车/車 (= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: exchange, crossing 交 (= six 六 crosses 㐅)

Mnemonic
 
When vehicles are exchanged, they (first) should be: compared!

Radicals

車 vehicle, cartTypically simplified to 车. It showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
交 exchange, crossing,




 Vocabulary

比较 bǐ jiào  compare; contrast; fairly; comparatively; relatively; quite; rather
较为 jiào wéi  comparatively; relatively; fairly
锱铢必较 zī zhū bì jiào  to Haggle over every cent (idiom)
锱铢必较 zī zhū bì jiào  

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