郊jiāo
suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space. 8 strokes, radical 阝, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin jiāoStrokes 8Radical 阝Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 郊
Strokes 1–6 write 交, then strokes 7–8 write 阝.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 郊 · the stroke-order rules
What 郊 is made of
交 (jiāo, to connect) and 阝 (yì, place).
阝 carries the meaning — place — and 交 carries the sound.
Words that use 郊
| 郊区 | suburbs, outskirts 指城市外围的地区 新科研基地将要在郊区开园。The new research base will soon open in the suburbs. Lesson 441, 宏图筹度 · 笃志筑业与工巧开新 · Steadfast Craftsmanship & Grand Architecture |
Characters that share the sound part 交
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 阝
All 29 of them, and what the radical means, on the 阝 radical page.