峤
jiào

high pointed mountain

A tall 乔 mountain 山; 乔 also provides the pronunciation

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
乔
乔 SoundMeaning component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嶠 high pointed mountain Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡrews

說文解字

山銳而高也。从山喬聲。古通用喬。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica