漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
較: contrast, compare
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
車 carries the meaning · 交 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カクkaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 較差かくさrange [n.]
- 比較的ひかくてきcomparatively, relatively
- 比較するひかくするcompare
- 比較ひかく
Also read コウ, くらべる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look down on the world's first machines! This character shows the wheels and the frame of an ancient wagon.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
交
Also built on mingle (交)
較 takes the 交 family's reading, コウ (kou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side較 contrast · 車
vs絞 strangle · 糸In ChineseSimplified 较 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiào
Japan keeps the traditional form 較; mainland China simplifies it to 较.
- Simplified
- 较 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 較 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiào 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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