蕉 banana

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ㄐㄧㄠ

jiāo

banana

蕉 is a 15 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as jiāo in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as qiáo.

It is made up of the components 艹 (grass) and 焦 (burnt).

蕉
ㄐㄧㄠ

jiāo

banana
- 艹
  ㄘㄠ ˙
  
  cao
  
  grass
- 焦
  ㄐㄧㄠ
  
  jiāo
  
  burnt

3 stories have been written about this character — see all

A banana cannot grow in burnt grass
by ljohnson48

Burnt grass can sometimes be confused for a banana
by nbreck

A MAN set the GRASS around the banana tree on FIRE and so all the SPARROWS flew off. He did this to get to his precious bananaS.
by luismartin2499

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