乔

surname Qiao

tall

乔 = 夭 + 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) and Snow White (夭) put on banana (丿) costumes (乔). Both of them claim to have the largest (乔) banana costume. Because the Queen cannot stand having someone else wear the same dress as her, she beats Snow White to a premature death (夭) with a dinosaur bone (丨).

乔 = 丿 + 夰 : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) is reading the latest release notes (夰) to her costume (乔). Unfortunately someone smeared a banana (丿) all over the release notes.

乔 character breakdown

乔
- 丨
- 丿
- 夭
  - 丿
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 夰
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

夭

ya̅o = y + ao1

tender / gentle / to die prematurely

夭 = 丿 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: Snow White who had to die young—until the prince found her.

夭 = 丿 + 大 : In front of the aorta, a mysterious gentle robot hands Maud Younger a mysterious tender banana. Snow White is so hungry that it snatches the banana away and eats it instantly, just to die young again.

夭

殀

ya̅o = y + ao1

variant of 夭[yao1] / to die young / to die prematurely / Taiwan pr. [yao3]

夰

gǎo = g + ao3

to release

夰 = 大 + 儿 : Guy Fawkes (g), the robot (大) and Sun Wukong (儿) are having a hackathon in the aorta's living room (ao3) to release (夰) the first version of their software startup. They are spending the most time on writing the release notes (mnemonic symbol for 夰).

Characters with 乔 as component

桥

橋

qiáo = qi + ao2

bridge / CL:座[zuo4]

桥 = 乔 + 木 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) put up a Christmas Tree (木) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), but the star at the top is missing. She decides to replace it herself, puts on a bright yellow banana costume (乔) and uses a bridge (桥) to go straight to the top of the tree.

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.

侨

僑

qiáo = qi + ao2

emigrant / to reside abroad

侨 = 乔 + 亻 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is checking every morning who enters the aorta (ao2). Because Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is living abroad (侨) is living abroad but is not supposed to, every morning she puts on a costume (乔) so that she is not recognized.

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.

轿

轎

jiào = ji + ao4

sedan chair / palanquin / litter

矫

矯

jiǎo = ji + ao3

to correct / to rectify / to redress / strong / brave / to pretend / to feign / affectation

矫

矯

jiáo = ji + ao2

argumentative / contentious