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Mythic Mandarin

桥 (qiáo): meaning and stroke order

桥 (qiáo) means bridge, CL:座.

桥

Simplified
桥
Traditional
橋
Pinyin
qiáo

Stroke order of 桥

桥

  • qiáo bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 橋

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 桥

  1. qiáo Traditional 橋
    • bridge
    • CL:座[zuo4]

Radical and structure

桥
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 10 strokes · 木 on the left, 乔 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 桥

桥 in our stories

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  • 有一天,两人在濠水的桥上散步。庄子看着水里游来游去的小鱼,说:“鱼在水里游得多么自在,这就是鱼的快乐啊。”

    yǒu yì tiān liǎng rén zài Háoshuǐ de qiáo shàng sànbù Zhuāngzǐ kànzhe shuǐ lǐ yóuláiyóuqù de xiǎo yú shuō yú zài shuǐ lǐ yóu de duōme zìzai zhè jiùshì yú de kuàilè a

    One day the two were strolling on a bridge over the Hao River. Watching the little fish darting about, Zhuangzi said: "How freely the fish swim—this is the happiness of fish."

    From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 桥

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).