jiǎojiào

frontier

Components

Meaning component
chì, fú walk

step

Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkew[k]ˤewseek; follow a course
kewH[k]ˤew(k)-slimit
Zhengzhangkleːw
kleːwɢs
Unicodegèu

說文解字

循也。从彳敫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica