矫 · jiǎo
correct, rectify, straighten out
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
correct, rectify, straighten out
- Mandarin
- jiǎo
- Cantonese
- giu2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+77EB
- Radical
- 矢 · 111
- Strokes
- 11 · Unihan
- Residual
- 6
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
11 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
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 矫
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
History & distinctions
Related forms
矯
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- jiǎo
- kCantonese
- giu2
- kDefinition
- correct, rectify, straighten out
- kTotalStrokes
- 11
- kRSUnicode
- 111.6
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+77EB U+77EF
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+77EB
- kTGH
- 2013:2310
Readings across dictionaries
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- jiáo 0567.070 · jiǎo 0568.080
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- jiáo 169.100 · jiǎo 170.060