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jiao¹

  • /dʒjaʊ/
  • /dʒiˈaʊ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). Doublet of kak.

noun jiao

  1. A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.

Jiao²

  • /dʒjaʊ/
  • /dʒiˈaʊ/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 焦 (Jiāo).

proper noun Jiaos

  1. A surname.

Jiao³

  • /dʒjaʊ/
  • /dʒiˈaʊ/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郊 (Jiāo).

proper noun

  1. A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China. The mean density of Phlebotomus chinensis was 6.3 sandflies per trap per night in Yangquan City from during the period from May to September, 2020, with the highest density observed in Jiaoqu District (12.6 sandflies per trap per night) and the lowest in Yuxian County (1.1 sandflies per trap per nig

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noun a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan

한국어각 gak
日本語角 kaku
中文角 jiǎo, 毛 máo, 角子 jiǎozi, 毫 háo
Русскийцзя́о czjáo

name district

中文郊 Jiāo

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"jiao." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jiao. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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jiao. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jiao

Chicago

"jiao." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jiao.

BibTeX
@misc{jiao_2026,
  title = {jiao},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jiao},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}