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酵
jiào
1. yeast
2. leavening
3. fermentation
4. Taiwan pr. <xiào>
Common • Top 11% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

酵
jiào
yeast; to leaven
14 丶

Compound Words (7)

发酵
fājiào
to ferment
酵母
jiàomǔ
leaven
酦酵
fājiào
variant of [[發酵|发酵<fājiào>]]
酵母菌
jiàomǔjūn
yeast
糖酵解
tángjiàojiě
glycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose)
酵母醇
jiàomǔchún
zymosterol
酵解作用
jiàojiězuòyòng
zymolysis

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,530
Word Frequency Rank
9,569 of 84,292