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
交界
jiāojiè
to border; to meet at a boundary
Characters in this word
界 jiè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这片湿地位于三省交界处，生态治理牵涉多个行政部门。 Zhè piàn shīdì wèiyú sān shěng jiāojiè chù, shēngtài zhìlǐ qiānshè duō ge xíngzhèng bùmén. This wetland lies at the junction of three provinces, so ecological governance involves multiple administrative departments.
- 我们家乡和邻省交界，坐车一小时就能到。 Wǒmen jiāxiāng hé línshěng jiāojiè, zuò chē yì xiǎoshí jiù néng dào. Our hometown borders the neighbouring province, so it takes only an hour by car to get there.
- 森林和草原交界的地方，常常能看到野鹿。 Sēnlín hé cǎoyuán jiāojiè de dìfang, chángcháng néng kàndào yělù. Where the forest meets the grassland, you can often see wild deer.
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