侨
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emigrant; to reside abroad
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 人 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 僑
- Common rank
- #2,725
- Unicode
- U+4FA8
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
live abroad · Heisig RSH #2081
人 person + angel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 侨
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 华侨大学 | Huaqiao University | |
| 侨务委员会 | Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan | |
| 华侨报 | Va Kio Daily | |
| 侨生 | student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue thei… | |
| 外侨 | foreigner | |
| 侨民 | expatriates | |
| 华侨 | overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese natio… | |
| 侨务 | matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government) | |
| 侨居 | to live far away from one's native place; to reside in a foreign country | |
| 归侨 | Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate | |
| 侨乡 | hometown of overseas Chinese | |
| 侨胞 | countryman living abroad | |
| 越侨 | Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China) | |
| 撤侨 | to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone) | |
| 侨眷 | family members of nationals residing abroad |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乔 — compare how they read.