jiǎo​jiǎo

bright

jiǎo white

Components

Meaning component
bái, bai white

white

Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːwʔ
Unicodegěu

說文解字

月之白也。从白交聲。《詩》曰:“月出皎兮。”

Sources

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