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exchange, crossing, 交
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Used in these characters:
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校
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| school, to check, to compare, to proofread
jiào, xiào
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木
交
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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.
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较
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to compare, comparatively, to contrast, rather
jiào
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车
交
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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!
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效
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| effect, efficacy, to imitate
xiào
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交
攴
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Left: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with stick 卜)
The "exchange" with a stick in hand (=striking) shows its effect.
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交
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| exchange, crossing, to intersect (lines), to deliver
jiāo
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交
六
父
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The image of a crosslegged sitting person means to mix.
Six 六 crosses 㐅 mark exchange or intersecting.
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郊
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| suburbs, outskirts
jiāo
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交
⻏
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Left: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅), right: village ⻏
By exchange [with the city] the village becomes a suburb.
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饺
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| dumplings with meat filling
jiǎo
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食
交
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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.
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咬
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to bite, to nip
yǎo
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口
交
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Left: mouth 口, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
The mouth is in exchange (with the food) at every bite.
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胶
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to glue, resin, sticky, rubber
jiāo
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肉
交
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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.
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狡
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| crafty, cunning, sly
jiǎo
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犭
交
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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.
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绞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to twist (strands into a thread), to wring
jiǎo
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糸
交
丩
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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.
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蛟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a legendary dragon controlling rain and floods
jiāo
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虫
交
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Left: insect 虫, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
Like an insect he is in exchange: The flood dragon.
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跤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| tumble, fall
jiāo
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足
交
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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.
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佼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| handsome, beautiful, good-looking
jiǎo
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亻
交
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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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