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)Pronunciation
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