矫 — Chinese character
矫
jiǎo
to correct, to rectify, to straighten out
- Pinyin
- jiǎo
- Radical
- 111 ⽮ (Arrow)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 矢 乔
- Formation
- pictophonetic — arrow; meaning component 矢; sound component 乔
- Traditional
- 矯
Common words with 矫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矫正 (矯正) | jiǎo zhèng | to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) |
| 矫情 (矯情) | jiáo qing | (Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable |
| 矫情 (矯情) | jiǎo qíng | affected; unnatural |
| 矫治 (矯治) | jiǎo zhì | to correct (e.g. sight or hearing); to rectify |
| 矫健 (矯健) | jiǎo jiàn | strong and healthy; vigorous |
| 矫枉过正 (矯枉過正) | jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng | to overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate |
| 矫形 (矯形) | jiǎo xíng | orthopedic (e.g. surgery) |
| 矫饰 (矯飾) | jiǎo shì | to put on airs; to pretend sth is better than it is; affectation |
| 矫诏 (矯詔) | jiǎo zhào | the pretense of acting on imperial order |
| 矫揉造作 (矯揉造作) | jiǎo róu zào zuò | pretension; affectation |
| 矫捷 (矯捷) | jiǎo jié | vigorous and nimble; athletic |
| 矫形外科 (矯形外科) | jiǎo xíng wài kē | orthopedic surgery |
English words written with 矫
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.