Pinyin "jiao1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "jiao1" is split up into two parts: "ji" and "ao1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ji"

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao1"

In front of the aorta.

Characters pronounced jiao1

教
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to teach
交
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]
交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.
焦
jia̅o = ji + ao1
burnt / scorched / charred / worried / anxious / coke / joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])
焦 = 灬 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a magnifier, with which the sun rays can be bundled into its focus and something can be burnt.

Joan of Arc (ji) caught a sparrow (隹) in front of the aorta (ao1) and put it on a grill (灬). Using a magnifier (焦), she is trying to start the grill.
焦
jia̅o = ji + ao1
surname Jiao
焦 = 灬 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a magnifier, with which the sun rays can be bundled into its focus and something can be burnt.

Joan of Arc (ji) caught a sparrow (隹) in front of the aorta (ao1) and put it on a grill (灬). Using a magnifier (焦), she is trying to start the grill.
蕉
jia̅o = ji + ao1
banana
蕉 = 艹 + 焦 : Joan of Arc (ji) is creating a new dish in front of the aorta (ao1). She rolled up a lot of bananas (蕉) in sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and is heating the whole thing up using a magnifier (焦).
郊
jia̅o = ji + ao1
surname Jiao
郊 = 交 + 阝 : Joan of Arc (ji), the emperor (阝) and Linus Pauling (交) all live in a flat share in the suburbs (郊) in front of the aorta (ao1).
郊
jia̅o = ji + ao1
suburbs / outskirts
郊 = 交 + 阝 : Joan of Arc (ji), the emperor (阝) and Linus Pauling (交) all live in a flat share in the suburbs (郊) in front of the aorta (ao1).
胶
膠
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to glue / glue / gum / rubber
胶 = 交 + 月 : The moon (月) fell down from the heavens and lies shattered in front of the aorta (ao1). Joan of Arc (ji) and Linus Pauling (交) join forces to fix it with a lot of glue (胶).
骄
驕
jia̅o = ji + ao1
proud / arrogant
骄 = 乔 + 马 : Joan of Arc (ji) and the unicorn (马) dressed up (乔) as richly decorated warriors and are very proud, even arrogant (骄) of themselves. Proudly they stand very tall (乔) in front of the aorta (ao1) and enjoy the crowd staring at them.
礁
jia̅o = ji + ao1
reef / shoal rock
椒
jia̅o = ji + ao1
pepper
椒 = 叔 + 木 : Joan of Arc (ji) and Arthur Schopenhauer (叔) are absolutely out of food. In front of the aorta (ao1) they have no better option than to eat a Christmas tree (木). At least they have some pepper (椒) left to add some flavor to it.
跤
jia̅o = ji + ao1
a tumble / a fall
娇
嬌
jia̅o = ji + ao1
lovable / pampered / tender / delicate / frail
娇 = 乔 + 女 : Joan of Arc (ji) and Bessie Coleman (女) want to dress lovely (娇) banana costumes (乔) for Halloween. In front of the aorta (ao1) they also pamper (娇) each other so that they won't have to get out of their costumes for the evening.
浇
澆
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to pour liquid / to irrigate (using waterwheel) / to water / to cast (molten metal) / to mold
浇 = 尧 + 氵 : While Joan of Arc (ji) is casting molten metal (浇) to make a new armor, her boyfriend Tang Yao (尧) is watering (浇) the plants with a bottle of water (氵) in front of the aorta (ao1).
蛟
jia̅o = ji + ao1
a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods / see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]
鲛
鮫
jia̅o = ji + ao1
(bound form) shark