乔

乔 · qiáo

tall, lofty; proud, stately

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

tall, lofty; proud, stately

Mandarin
qiáo
Cantonese
kiu4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+4E54
Radical
丿 · 4
Strokes
6 · Unihan
Residual
5

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

6 strokes
乔
Strokes
6
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

6 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱夭⿰丿丨(GT)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 乔

Character connections

9 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

History & distinctions

Related forms

喬

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
qiáo
kCantonese
kiu4
kDefinition
tall, lofty; proud, stately
kTotalStrokes
6
kRSUnicode
4.5
kTraditionalVariant
U+4E54 U+55AC
kSimplifiedVariant
U+4E54
kTGH
2013:452

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
qiáo 0920.130
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
43dictionary records using 乔10forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
夭 above (丿 beside 丨) · the shape used in China, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿱夭⿰丿丨$(GT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱夭⿰丿丨$(GT)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.