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Character Decomposition
交=六+乂
Etymology
A person with crossed (intersecting) legs
Meanings
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
to make friends
(of lines) to intersect
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Words with 交 853 total
relations between two countries · diplomatic relations邦交bāng jiāoto hand over to the next workshift交班jiāo bānto post bail · bail交保jiāo bǎohalf-period of a wave motion · alternation交变jiāo biànin a state of war交兵jiāo bīngoccurring simultaneously交并jiāo bìngto report back after completion of one's mission交差jiāo chāito intertwine · to intermingle交缠jiāo cháncontinuously circling one another · to buzz around交驰jiāo chíto transfer (duties to sb else) · to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth) · to explain; to give an account; to brief · to confess; to account for oneself · (jocular) to come to a bad end交代jiāo dài
Idioms with 交 137 total Chain
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