The Chinese Radical: 交


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Meaning
exchange, crossing,    交

Explanation

Used in these characters:
校
JLPT HSK 1
school, to check, to compare, to proofread
jiào, xiào
木 交
Left: tree 木, right: exchange, crossing 交 (developed from the image of a person is sitting cross-legged)
Next to the tree, at the intersection, there is: the school.  
较
JLPT HSK 3
to compare, comparatively, to contrast, rather
jiào
車 交
Left: vehicle 车/車 (= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: exchange, crossing 交 (= six 六 crosses 㐅)
When vehicles are exchanged, they (first) should be: compared!  
效
JLPT HSK 4
effect, efficacy, to imitate
xiào
交 攴
Left: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with stick 卜)
The "exchange" with a stick in a hand (= striking) showed its effect.  
交
JLPT HSK 4
exchange, crossing, to intersect (lines), to deliver
jiāo
交 六 父
The image of a crosslegged sitting person means to mix.
Six 六 crosses 㐅 mark exchange or intersecting.  
郊
JLPT HSK 4
suburbs, outskirts
jiāo
交 ⻏
Left: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅), right: village ⻏
By exchange [with the city] the village becomes a suburb.  
饺
JLPT HSK 4
dumplings with meat filling
jiǎo
食 交
Left: eat 饣/食, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
The food with an exchange (= of the dough vs. filling) are the dumplings.  
咬
JLPT HSK 5
to bite, to nip
yǎo
口 交
Left: mouth 口, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
The mouth is in exchange (with the food) at every bite.  
胶
JLPT HSK 5
to glue, resin, sticky, rubber
jiāo
肉 交
Left: body 月/肉, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅) (Glue was made of boiling bones)
This part of the body is "in exchange" when making glue.  
狡
JLPT HSK 5
crafty, cunning, sly
jiǎo
犭 交
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
He behaved like a wild animal in that exchange, because he is: crafty.  
绞
JLPT no HSK
to twist (strands into a thread), to wring
jiǎo
糸 交 丩
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
(When making a rope) Threads come into an exchange, when they are twisted together.  
蛟
JLPT no HSK
a legendary dragon controlling rain and floods
jiāo
虫 交
Left: insect 虫, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
Like an insect he is in exchange: The flood dragon.  
跤
JLPT no HSK
tumble, fall
jiāo
足 交
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
If the feet are crossing during exchange, you tumble and fall.  
佼
JLPT no HSK
handsome, beautiful, good-looking
jiǎo
亻 交
Left: person 亻, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
(Beauty makes popular) The person is in exchange because he is handsome.  

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