Hanja Analyzer
佼

佼 — gyo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
예쁠/업신여길 교
Romanization
gyo
English
beautiful, handsome, good-looking
Mandarin
jiǎo
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, キョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
こう.す うつく.しい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
人 (9, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
交(교)
Unicode
U+4F7C

Parts that make up 佼

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 交 사귈 교sound 다리를 엇갈린 사람엇갈리고 오가는 일. ‘교’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 佼

  • 立正佼成会りっしょうこうせいかい Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938)

Characters sharing the phonetic 交

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “교” in Korean.

Other hanja read “교”

Other hanja with radical 人

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