谯
qiáoqiào

tower

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

焦
焦 Sound component
jiāo burned

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

譙 tower Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

焦
焦 Sound component
jiāo burned

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzew

說文解字

嬈譊也。从言焦聲。讀若嚼。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)