椒

jiāo
#3,181 most
frequent character
pepper

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

椒 has 木 tree as its meaning part and 叔 shū as its sound part; the sound link is not clear today. It first meant a wild pepper tree, and grew to pepper, then spices.

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Homophones

HSK 3
教jiāo
to teach
HSK 5
浇jiāo
to pour liquid, to irrigate (using waterwheel)
焦jiāo
anxious

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