交

jiāo

Meaning

to hand over
to deliver
to pay (money)
to turn over
to make friends
to intersect (lines)

Pinyin: jiāo

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交 jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix Primary radical亠 · lid

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