King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

跷 — Chinese character

跷
qiāo
to stand on tiptoe; stilts

Pinyin
qiāo
Radical
157 ⾜ (Foot)
Strokes
13
Components
足 尧
Formation
pictophonetic — foot; meaning component 足; sound component 尧
Traditional
蹺

Common words with 跷

WordPinyinMeaning
蹊跷 (蹊蹺)qī qiāoodd; queer; strange; fishy
高跷 (高蹺)gāo qiāostilts; walking on stilts as component of folk dance
跷跷板 (蹺蹺板)qiāo qiāo bǎnsee-saw
踩高跷 (踩高蹺)cǎi gāo qiāoto walk on stilts
跷课 (蹺課)qiāo kèto skip class
按跷 (按蹻)àn qiāo(old) massage
跷家 (蹺家)qiāo jiāto run away from home
跷班 (蹺班)qiāo bānsee 翘班 (qiào bān)
高跷鹬 (高蹺鷸)gāo qiāo yù(bird species of China) stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

English words written with 跷

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.