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矯: rectify, straighten

Also: correct, reform, cure, control, pretend, falsify

JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

矢 carries the meaning · 喬 gives the sound

17 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 矯正きょうせいcorrection (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.)
  • 奇矯ききょうeccentric
  • 矯激きょうげきradical; extreme; eccentric

Also read ためる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)矢 arrow (meaning) + 喬 (sound)

To straighten; to make as straight as an arrow shaft.

Source: Wiktionary, 矯 (rev. 92846908), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Arrow (矢) + tall/high. To "rectify" or "correct" an "arrow" that is not "straight" or tall—the act of fixing a mistake.”
From the 矢 arrow story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
矢

Also built on arrow (矢)

All 6
喬

Also built on high (喬)

矯 takes the 喬 family's reading, キョウ (kyou).

Also read キョウ

47 kanji share this on'yomiAll 47

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
矯 rectify · 矢
vs橋 bridge · 木
矯 has 矢 where 橋 has 木.
In ChineseSimplified 矫 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiǎo

Japan keeps the traditional form 矯; mainland China simplifies it to 矫.

Simplified
矫 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
矯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jiǎo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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