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酵

jiào

yeast; to leaven

🔤 Pictophonetic: 酉 (wine) provides meaning, 孝 provides pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (36%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

酉

yǒu

wine; wine vessel; chemical

孝

xiào

filial piety, obedience; mourning

⿰酉孝 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

yǒu

酉

wine; wine vessel; chemical

📷 Pictographic: A vessel half-filled with wine

7 strokes

wù

兀

weak; lame

💡 Ideographic: Cutting 一 off the feet 儿

3 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

ér

儿

son, child

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人

2 strokes HSK 1

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

xiào

孝

filial piety, obedience; mourning

💡 Ideographic: A young man 子 carrying an older man 耂

7 strokes HSK 5

lǎo

耂

old, aged; experienced

💡 Ideographic: A person bent over with long hair

4 strokes

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

子

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

📷 Pictographic: A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs

3 strokes HSK 1

了

clear; to finish; particle of completed action

📷 Pictographic: A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 酵 (7)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

酵 ↗

jiào

yeast / leavening / fermentation / Taiwan pr. <xiào>

jiào

酵 ↗

yeast / leavening / fermentation / Taiwan pr. <xiào>

glycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose)

tángjiàojiě

糖酵解 ↗

glycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose)

to ferment / fermentation

fājiào

发酵 ↗

to ferment / fermentation