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狡
jiǎo
1. crafty
2. cunning
3. sly
Common • Top 14% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

狡
jiǎo
cunning, deceitful, treacherous
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (9)

奸狡
jiānjiǎo
devious
狡滑
jiǎohuá
variant of [[狡猾<jiǎohuá>]]
狡猾
jiǎohuá
crafty
HSK 5
狡诈
jiǎozhà
craft
狡赖
jiǎolài
to deny (through sophism)
狡辩
jiǎobiàn
to quibble
狡黠
jiǎoxiá
crafty
狡兔三窟
jiǎotùsānkū
lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
狡兔死走狗烹
jiǎotùsǐzǒugǒupēng
see [[兔死狗烹<tùsǐgǒupēng>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,669
Word Frequency Rank
11,766 of 84,292

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