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jiǎo = ji + ao3
surname Jiao
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jiǎo = ji + ao3
bright / glittery / Taiwan pr. [jiao4]
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How to pronounce 敫

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ao3 final

In the aorta’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

敫 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= pu + Ø1
variant of 攴[pu1]
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fāng = f + ang1
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
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bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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Characters with 敫 as component

= ji + Ø1
to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent
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yāo = y + ao1
to invite / to request / to intercept / to solicit / to seek
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jiǎo = ji + ao3
to hand in / to hand over / to seize
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Words with 敫

敫 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 敫

敫 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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jiǎo

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