郊

jiāo
#2,346 most
frequent character
suburbs, outskirts

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

郊 jiāo has ⻏ city, area for meaning and 交 jiāo for sound. The city part points to its first sense: the area just outside a city. That became 'suburbs' and 'outskirts.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

郊Jiao1
surname Jiao

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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