郊 — Chinese character
郊
jiāo
suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Radical
- 163 ⾢ (City)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 交 阝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — place; meaning component 阝; sound component 交
- Japanese
- 郊 as a kanji
Common words with 郊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郊区 (郊區) | jiāo qū | suburban district; outskirts; suburbs |
| 郊外 | jiāo wài | outskirts |
| 市郊 | shì jiāo | outer city; suburb |
| 近郊 | jìn jiāo | suburbs; outskirts |
| 城郊 | chéng jiāo | suburbs; outskirts of a city |
| 郊游 (郊遊) | jiāo yóu | to go for an outing; to go on an excursion |
| 远郊 (遠郊) | yuǎn jiāo | outer suburbs; remote outskirts of a city |
| 乡郊 (鄉郊) | xiāng jiāo | (HK) rural area on the outskirts of a town or city; rural-urban fringe |
| 郊野 | jiāo yě | open area outside the city; countryside |
| 荒郊 | huāng jiāo | desolate area outside a town |
| 近郊区 (近郊區) | jìn jiāo qū | suburbs; city outskirts |
| 郊狼 | jiāo láng | coyote (Canis latrans) |
English words written with 郊
郊 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 46
- Hexagram 5
- Hexagram 9
- Hexagram 13
- Hexagram 62
- Mencius 1B.2
- Mencius 1B.4
- Mencius 6A.8
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.