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交 — to hand over; to deliver; to pay

to hand over; to deliver; to pay; to turn over; to make friends

Pinyin
jiāo
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 交: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

交 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 交 in the HSK syllabus: 35

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 公交车gōngjiāochēpublic transport vehicle; town busHSK 2
  2. 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay; to turn overHSK 4
  3. 交警jiāojǐngtraffic policeHSK 4
  4. 交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange; communication; interactionHSK 4
  5. 交通jiāotōngto be connected; traffic; transportationHSK 4
  6. 交换jiāohuànto exchange; to swap; to switch; commutativeHSK 5
  7. 交往jiāowǎngto associate; to have contact; to hang out; to dateHSK 5
  8. 交易jiāoyìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; dealHSK 5
  9. 提交tíjiāoto submit; to refer to sbHSK 5
  10. 成交chéngjiāoto complete a contract; to reach a dealHSK 6
  11. 打交道dǎ jiāodaoto come into contact with; to have dealingsHSK 6
  12. 交际jiāojìcommunication; social intercourseHSK 6
  13. 交谈jiāotánto discuss; to converse; chat; discussionHSK 6
  14. 外交wàijiāodiplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairsHSK 6
  15. 转交zhuǎnjiāoto pass on to sb; to carry and give to sb elseHSK 6
  16. 递交dìjiāoto present; to give; to hand over; to hand inHSK 7–9
  17. 交叉jiāochāto cross; to intersect; to overlapHSK 7–9
  18. 交代jiāodàito transfer; to give instructions; to tellHSK 7–9
  19. 交锋jiāofēngto cross swords; to have a confrontationHSK 7–9
  20. 交付jiāofùto hand over; to deliverHSK 7–9
  21. 交互jiāohùmutual; interactive; each other; alternatelyHSK 7–9
  22. 交集jiāojíto occur simultaneously; to intermingleHSK 7–9
  23. 交界jiāojiècommon boundary; common borderHSK 7–9
  24. 交接jiāojiēto come into contact; to meet; to hand over toHSK 7–9
  25. 交纳jiāonàto payHSK 7–9
  26. 交情jiāoqingfriendship; friendly relationsHSK 7–9
  27. 交涉jiāoshèto negotiate; to have dealingsHSK 7–9
  28. 交替jiāotìto replace; alternately; in turnHSK 7–9
  29. 交头接耳jiāotóu-jiē’ěrto whisper to one another's earHSK 7–9
  30. 交响乐jiāoxiǎngyuèsymphonyHSK 7–9
  31. 交织jiāozhīto interweaveHSK 7–9
  32. 立交桥lìjiāoqiáooverpass; flyoverHSK 7–9
  33. 社交shèjiāointeraction; social contactHSK 7–9
  34. 移交yíjiāoto transfer; to hand overHSK 7–9
  35. 杂交zájiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed; promiscuityHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.