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茭 Stroke Order — How to Write 茭

Stroke Order

茭 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 艹, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

茭 Radical and Character Components

Components:艹交

茭 is a phono-semantic compound: 艹 (grass) carries the meaning, while 交 indicates the sound.

Radical: 艹 + 6 more strokes

茭 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • jiāo

Meanings of 茭 in Chinese

1

jiāo茭

Dry grass, also known as fodder, used for feeding livestock.
农民们把收割好的茭草堆放起来,以备冬天喂牲畜。
Farmers stack the harvested fodder grass to feed livestock in winter.
A vegetable, specifically the enlarged tender stem of Zizania latifolia (water bamboo), swollen due to parasitic infection by a fungus, commonly used in Chinese cuisine.
我喜欢吃清炒茭白,味道鲜美。
I enjoy eating stir-fried water bamboo shoots; they taste delicious.
A rope or cable woven from bamboo strips or reeds, used for mooring or binding.
渔民们用茭将小船系在岸边。
Fishermen used a bamboo/reed rope to tie the small boat to the shore.

Words with 茭

  • yù玉jiāo茭Maize; corn.
  • jiāo茭bái白water bamboo, wild rice stem
  • jiāo茭cǎo草water oat, wild rice

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Questions about 茭

What does 茭 mean in Chinese?

茭 (jiāo) means “Dry grass” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 茭?

茭 is pronounced jiāo in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 茭 have?

茭 has 9 strokes.

How do you write 茭?

茭 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 艹. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 茭?

The radical of 茭 is 艹, and 茭 is a phono-semantic compound.

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