交

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

交 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜金大 (YCK), four-corner 0040₈, composition ⿱亠父 or ⿱六乂)

Derived characters

• 佼 咬 狡 姣 恔 挍 洨 峧 㬵 校 胶 珓 晈 烄 皎 䂭 䘨 絞(绞) 蛟 賋 䍊 較(较) 跤 詨 鉸(铰) 餃(饺) 駮 骹 鮫(鲛) 齩 䢒 㼎 効 郊 效 㿰 虠 頝 鵁(䴔) 㝔 茭 窔 筊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 291
• Dae Jaweon: page 185, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 282, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4EA4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 交
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b15079 b15080 b15081 b15082 Small seal script s07496 Transcribed ancient scripts L07944 L07946 L07947 L07948 L07949 L07950 L07951 L07952 L07953 L07954 L07955 L07956 L07957 L07958 L07959
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – a human with crossed legs.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rjaw (“mix”); cognate with Burmese ရော (rau:, “to mix”), Jingpho yau (“be mixed”), kəjau (“to mix, intermix”), compare Chepang (ljawh-ʔo, “mixed”) and Proto-Mienic *klaau³ (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

交

1. to intersect; to cross

   相交  ―  xiàngjiāo  ―  to intersect

   交好運／交好运  ―  jiāo hǎoyùn  ―  to meet with good fortune

   • 獸蹄鳥跡之道，交於中國。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     兽蹄鸟迹之道，交于中国。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Shòu tí niǎo jì zhī dào, jiāo yú Zhōngguó.

     The paths marked by the feet of beasts and prints of birds crossed one another throughout the Middle Kingdom.

2. to reach (a certain time)
3. time or place where two things meet

   春夏之交  ―  chūn xià zhī jiāo  ―  when springs changes into summer

   世紀之交／世纪之交  ―  shìjì zhī jiāo  ―  the turn of the century

   地處豫晉兩省之交 [MSC, trad.]
   地处豫晋两省之交 [MSC, simp.]

   dìchù Yù Jìn liǎng shěnɡ zhī jiāo

   located where the borders of Henan and Shanxi meet

4. to hand over; to turn in; to submit

   交班  ―  jiāobān  ―  to hand over to the next shift

   交功課／交功课 [Cantonese]  ―  gaau¹ gung¹ fo³   ―  to turn in homework

   交咗租未？ [Cantonese]  ―  gaau¹ zo² zou¹ mei⁶?   ―  Have you paid rent?

   請把任務交給我吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   请把任务交给我吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng bǎ rènwù jiāo gěi wǒ ba!

   Please assign me the task!

5. to make (friends)

   交朋友  ―  jiāo péngyǒu  ―  to make a friend

   交男朋友  ―  jiāo nánpéngyǒu  ―  to get a boyfriend

6. friendship; relationship

   邦交  ―  bāngjiāo  ―  diplomatic relations

   泛泛之交  ―  fànfànzhījiāo  ―  acquaintance

   君子之交淡如水  ―  jūnzǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ  ―  True friendship between two men of accomplishment need not be overly demonstrative.

7. to have sexual intercourse; to mate

   肛交  ―  gāngjiāo  ―  to have anal sex

   雜交／杂交  ―  zájiāo  ―  to hybridize; to crossbreed

   • 鶡旦不鳴，虎始交。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鹖旦不鸣，虎始交。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Hé dàn bù míng, hǔ shǐ jiāo.

     The night bird ceases to sing. Tigers begin to pair.

8. mutually; reciprocally

   交談／交谈  ―  jiāotán  ―  to converse

   交易  ―  jiāoyì  ―  to trade

   • 上下交征利而國危矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上下交征利而国危矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shàng xià jiāo zhēng lì ér guó wēi yǐ.

     Superiors and inferiors will try to snatch this profit the one from the other, and the kingdom will be endangered.

9. simultaneously; at the same time
10. 16th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contact" (𝌕)
11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 跤

    • 剛到廂房中角門首，不防黑影裡拋出一條凳子來，把來旺兒絆了一交。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
      刚到厢房中角门首，不防黑影里抛出一条凳子来，把来旺儿绊了一交。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

      From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE

      Gāng dào xiāngfáng zhōng jiǎomén shǒu, bùfáng hēiyǐng lǐ pāo chū yī tiáo dèngzǐ lái, bǎ Lái Wàng'ér bàn le yī jiāo.

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

12. (Hokkien, dated) Used to refer to a private wholesale trading company

    alt. forms: 郊 (jiāo)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

交

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) and
2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) with; accompanying

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to intersect
2. to keep company with; to mix with
3. to cross

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: まじわる (majiwaru, 交わる, Jōyō); まじる (majiru, 交じる, Jōyō); かう (kau, 交う, Jōyō); かわす (kawasu, 交わす, Jōyō); まじえる (majieru, 交える, Jōyō); まぜる (mazeru, 交ぜる, Jōyō); まざる (mazaru, 交ざる, Jōyō); こもごも (komogomo, 交)

Compounds

Related terms

• 交(まじ)える (majieru)
• 交(ま)ざる (mazaru)
• 交(かわ)す (kawasu), 交(か)わす (kawasu)
• 交(ま)ぜる (mazeru)

Definitions

Korean

Hanja

交 (eumhun 사귈 교 (sagwil gyo))

1. Hanja form^? of 교 (“to intersect”).

Vietnamese

Han character

交: Hán Nôm readings: giao

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