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
交警
jiāojǐng
traffic police officer
Characters in this word
警 jǐng
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 交警在路口。 Jiāojǐng zài lùkǒu. The traffic officer is at the crossing.
- 交警让我停。 Jiāojǐng ràng wǒ tíng. The traffic officer tells me to stop.
- 我问交警路。 Wǒ wèn jiāojǐng lù. I ask the traffic officer for directions.
Related words
- 公交车 gōngjiāochē bus
- 交 jiāo to hand in; to make
- 交给 jiāogěi to hand over
- 交朋友 jiāopéngyou to make friends
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 交费 jiāofèi to pay a fee
- 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