翘 — Chinese character
翘
qiào
outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise
- Pinyin
- qiào
- Radical
- 124 ⽻ (Feather)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 尧 羽
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wings; meaning component 羽; sound component 尧
- Traditional
- 翹
Common words with 翘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翘楚 (翹楚) | qiáo chǔ | person of outstanding talent |
| 连翘 (連翹) | lián qiáo | Forsythia |
| 翘首 (翹首) | qiáo shǒu | to raise one's head and look |
| 翘起 (翹起) | qiào qǐ | to stick up; to point sth up |
| 翘辫子 (翹辮子) | qiào biàn zi | (coll.) to die; to kick the bucket |
| 翘首以待 (翹首以待) | qiáo shǒu yǐ dài | to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom); to anxiously await |
| 翘曲 (翹曲) | qiáo qū | to warp; to bend |
| 翘课 (翹課) | qiào kè | to skip school; to cut class |
| 翘班 (翹班) | qiào bān | to skip work; to sneak out of work early |
| 翘尾巴 (翹尾巴) | qiào wěi ba | to be cocky |
| 翘板 (翹板) | qiào bǎn | a see-saw |
| 死翘翘 (死翹翹) | sǐ qiào qiào | to die; to drop dead |
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.