酵 — Chinese character
酵
jiào
yeast; to leaven
- Pinyin
- jiào
- Radical
- 164 ⾣ (Wine)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 酉 孝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wine; meaning component 酉; sound component 孝
- Japanese
- 酵 as a kanji
Common words with 酵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发酵 (發酵) | fā jiào | to ferment; (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop |
| 酵母 | jiào mǔ | yeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌 (jiào mǔ jūn)) |
| 酵素 | jiào sù | enzyme |
| 酵母菌 | jiào mǔ jūn | yeast; saccharomycete |
| 糖酵解 | táng jiào jiě | glycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose) |
| 酵母醇 | jiào mǔ chún | zymosterol |
| 酵解作用 | jiào jiě zuò yòng | zymolysis |
| 酦酵 (醱酵) | fā jiào | variant of 发酵 (fā jiào) |
English words written with 酵
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.