Taxonomy of meanings for 喬:　　

  • 喬 qiáo (OC: ɡrew MC: ɡɯiɛu) 巨嬌切 平 廣韻：【髙也説文曰髙而曲也又虜姓前代録云匈奴貴姓喬氏代爲輔相巨嬌切十六 】
  • 喬 jiāo (OC: krew MC: kɯiɛu) 舉喬切 平 廣韻：【爾雅云句如羽喬郭璞曰樹枝曲卷似鳥毛羽 】
    • = 驕

    Additional information about 喬

    說文解字: 【喬】，高而曲也。从夭、从高省。《詩》曰：南有喬木。 〔小徐本無「《詩》曰」云云。〕 【巨嬌切】

      Criteria
    • HIGH

      1. The manifestly dominant general word is gāo 高 (ant. bēi 卑 "low" and xià 下 "low") which refers to concrete as well as abstract elevation.

      2. Shàng 上 (ant. xià 下 "lower") refers to the relatively high position of something, both abstractly and concretely.

      3. Chóng 崇 (ant. bēi 卑 "lowly") and lóng 隆 (ant. wū 污 ) adds the notion of impressiveness to that of high elevation.

      4. Qiáo 喬 refers specifically to the imposing tallness of trees.

      5. Jùn 峻, wéi 巍, yán 巖, é 峨 are among the large number of poetic words referring to the imposing height of mountains.

      6. Wēi 危 adds to the notion of the imposing (almost threatening) hight of something that of steepness of the slope, and the difficulty of access.

      7. Lóng 隆 refers to imposing and impressive height, typically - but not always - of something artificial.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: (HIGH)岳 / 嶽/MOUNTAIN Yuè 岳／嶽 refers is a positive way to one of the great mountains of China. (Note that obviously in proper names and designations of titles (e.g. the title sì yuè 四岳) the two characters are not interchangeable.)
    • Epithet: (HIGH)木/TREE The current word for a tree is mù 木. In Shang times times this word was a count noun for trees, later it also referred to felled trees and in particular to timber as a material. Thus in Warring States times the special feature of this word is that it is a mass noun as well as a count noun.