Definitions

jiào highest peak

Etymology

A tall mountain  also provides the pronunciation

About

峤, in its traditional form 嶠, is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic radical 山 (mountain) on the left indicates the character relates to mountains, while the phonetic component 乔 (tall) on the right provides the pronunciation and also reinforces the meaning of height. Together, they define 峤 as a high mountain, peak, or pointed summit, specifically denoting elevated geological formations.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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