较 jiào comparatively; to contrast; to compare

Made up of [车 chē vehicle radical 159, 交 jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to turn over ]
Alternative traditional form of character: 較
Made with 10 strokes.
The vehicle radical can be thought of as suggesting a race to compare chariots but 'jiao' is the phonetic

Related characters


Also uses 车 chē component: 连 lián (to link) 辆 liàng (collective word for vehicles) 软 ruǎn (soft) 载 zài (to carry)
Also uses 交 jiāo component: 饺 jiǎo (dumpling) 郊 jiāo (suburbs) 胶 jiāo (to glue) 校 xiào (school) 效 xiào (effect) 咬 yǎo (to bite)

Sounds same

叫 jiào (called) 教 jiào (religion)

Different tone

教 jiāo (to teach) 交 jiāo (to hand over) 郊 jiāo (suburbs) 胶 jiāo (to glue) 角 jiǎo (horn) 饺 jiǎo (dumpling)

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Pronunciation

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