较 — to compare; to dispute
to compare; to dispute; compared to
- Pinyin
- jiào
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 较: 10 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.
Words with 较 in the HSK syllabus: 6
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.
- 比较bǐjiàoto compare; to contrast; comparatively; relativelyHSK 3
- 较jiàoto compare; to dispute; compared toHSK 5
- 较为jiàowéicomparatively; relatively; fairlyHSK 6
- 计较jìjiàoto bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argueHSK 7–9
- 较劲jiàojìnto match one's strength with; to competeHSK 7–9
- 较量jiàoliàngto pit oneself against sb; to compete with sbHSK 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.