轎 (kiu2 giu6 | jiao4) : sedan chair

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轎

kiu2 giu6

jiao4

sedan chair; litter; carriage

Jyutping giu6 is standard reading, but the variant kiu2 is more popular.

Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: (#159)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

轎 / 轿

This word has been viewed 2853 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Mar 2012 11:23

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轎車 giu6*2 ce1 jiao4 che1 = saloon car; sedan car; sedan chair

神轎 san4 giu2 = sacred palanquin

彩轎 coi2 giu6*2 = a bridal sedan chair

起轎 hei2 giu6*2 = to start trip in sedan chair

四門轎車 sei3 mun4 giu6*2 ce1 si4 men2 jiao4 che1 = sedan (motor car)

小轎車 siu2 giu6*2 ce1 xiao3 jiao4 che1 = sedan (car); limousine

花轎 faa1 giu6*2 = bridal sedan chair

普桑轎車 pou2 song1 giu6*2 ce1 pu3 sang1 jiao4 che1 = Passat; a car model of Volkswagen

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Decimal representation of this word: 轎
Unicode code for this character: U+8f4e (off-site link)

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