交 jiāo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亠 — lid, cover
- Made of
- 六 six 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
交给
jiāogěi
to hand over
Characters in this word
给 gěi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 合 to combine, to join, to unite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 交给老师。 Jiāo gěi lǎoshī. Hand it to the teacher.
- 请交给我。 Qǐng jiāo gěi wǒ. Please hand it to me.
- 把书交给他。 Bǎ shū jiāo gěi tā. Give the book to him.
Related words
- 公交车 gōngjiāochē bus
- 交 jiāo to hand in; to make
- 交朋友 jiāopéngyou to make friends
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 交费 jiāofèi to pay a fee
- 交警 jiāojǐng traffic police officer
- 交流 jiāoliú to communicate; to exchange
- 交往 jiāowǎng to have contact; to associate
- 交易 jiāoyì deal; transaction
- 外交 wàijiāo diplomacy
- 交换 jiāohuàn to exchange
- 交际 jiāojì social communication