桥

See also: 橋

Translingual

simpl.		桥
trad.		橋

Etymology

Simplified from 橋 (喬 → 乔).

Current form 木 + 乔.

Han character

桥 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹大中 (DHKL), composition ⿰木乔)

1. bridge
2. beam, crosspiece

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 526, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1200, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6865

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Cantonese

Hanzi

桥 (traditional 橋, Jyutping kiu4, Yale kiu4)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

桥 (traditional 橋, Pinyin qiáo (qiao2), Wade-Giles ch'iao²)