jiǎo

correct

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkrew
krewʔ

說文解字

舉手也。从手喬聲。一曰撟,擅也。

Sources

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

jiǎo, jiāo, kǎo correct Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode