Learn Mandarin Mandarin-English Character Dictionary

Pronunciation

Mandarin	jiāo
Cantonese (Jyutping)	ziu1
Japanese Kun	hajikami
Japanese On	shou
Korean (Hangul)	초
Korean (Yale)	cho
Vietnamese	tiêu

Meaning

Definition

pepper, spices

Character Rank

Traditional	3130
Simplified	3238
常用字表	3000
HSK v.3 Level	7

Common Words With This Character  

辣椒	làjiāo	hot pepper; chili
胡椒	hújiāo	pepper
花椒	huājiāo	Sichuan pepper; Chinese prickly ash
青椒	qīngjiāo	Capsicum annuum; green pepper
黑胡椒	hēi hújiāo	black pepper
辣椒粉	làjiāo fěn	paprika; chili powder

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	木 (#75:tree)
Historical Variant	茭
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+6912
Big 5	B4D4
GB2312	BDB7

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	dyfe
Four Corner	4794.0
WuBi 86	shic
WuBi 98	shic