轿 (jiào) — sedan chair
Definition
bound form
sedan chair
Easily confused
- 骄jiāolook-alikeproud; arrogant; conceited (bound morpheme)
- 叫jiàosound-aliketo be called; to call (a name)
- 娇jiāolook-alike(stative verb) delicate, tender, charming (of appearance or manner)
- 觉jiàosound-alikesleep
- 桥qiáolook-alikebridge
- 校jiàosound-aliketo proofread, to check, to collate (bound form, used in compounds)
Examples
- 。Gǔ dài yǒu qián rén chū mén cháng zuò jiào zi.Wealthy people in ancient times often traveled by sedan chair.
- ，。Hūn lǐ shàng, xīn niáng bèi tái zhe jiào zi yíng jìn fū jiā.At the wedding, the bride was carried in a sedan chair into her husband's home.
- 。Zhè zhǒng lǎo shì jiào zi xiàn zài zhǐ néng zài bó wù guǎn lǐ kàn dào le.This kind of old-style sedan chair can now only be seen in museums.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 轎; 轿 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jū
Sound part声符shēngfú
喬
喬qiáo轎jiào
Same sound today
The traditional form 轎 has 車, a vehicle, and 喬, which gives the sound; the simplified 轿 is a later shorthand.
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