矫
jiǎojiáoJiǎo HSK7

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矫 (矯) jiǎo frequency
correct verb
to correct, rectify, or redress a mistake or physical deviation

他戴上特制的眼镜，是为了矫正弱视的毛病。

tā dài​shang tè​zhì de yǎn​jìng, shì wèi​le jiǎo zhèng ruò​shì de máo​bìng.

He wears special glasses to correct his amblyopia.

feign adjective
to pretend, feign, or act with affectation

他妄图通过矫诏来夺取军权，最终被识破抓获。

tā wàng​tú tōng​guò jiǎo zhào lái duó​qǔ jūn​quán, zuì​zhōng bèi shí​pò zhuā​huò.

He attempted to seize military power by forging an imperial decree, but was eventually exposed and captured.

strong adjective
strong, brave, or vigorous

老人在公园里打太极拳，动作看起来十分矫健。

lǎo​rén zài gōng​yuán lǐ dǎ tài​jí​quán, dòng​zuò kàn qi​lai shí​fēn jiǎo jiàn.

The old man was practicing Tai Chi in the park, and his movements looked very vigorous and nimble.

矫 (矯) jiáo
affected adjective
used in the word 矫情 jiáo​qing (meaning affected or fussy)

她说话的语气总是那么矫情，听着让人很不舒服。

tā shuō​huà de yǔ​qì zǒng​shì nà​me jiáo qíng, tīng zhe ràng rén hěn bù shū​fu.

The way she speaks is always so affected, which makes people feel quite uncomfortable.

矫 (矯) Jiǎo
Jiao proper name
surname Jiao

矫先生在这次会议上发表了讲话。

Jiǎo xiān​sheng zài zhè cì huì​yì shàng fā​biǎo le jiǎng​huà.

Mr. Jiao gave a speech at the meeting.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,916th most common 11.0 per million
Movie subtitles
3,042nd most common 3.29 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.950 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
6.24 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
矯
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+77EB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)