矫
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to correct; to rectify; to redress; strong; brave; to pretend; to feign; affectation
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 矢 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 矫
- Common rank
- #2,171
- Unicode
- U+77EB
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Formation & memory
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Words with 矫
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矫形外科 | orthopedic surgery | |
| 牙齿矫正器 | orthodontic braces | |
| 齿列矫正器 | see 牙齒矯正器|牙齿矫正器[ya2 chi3 jiao3 zheng4 qi4] | |
| 矫形医生 | orthopedic doctor | |
| 矫直机 | (manufacturing) straightening machine; straightener | |
| 矫形牙套 | orthodontic brace | |
| 齿列矫正 | orthodontic treatment; orthodontics | |
| 矫正透镜 | correcting lens | |
| 矫味剂 | corrective agent; flavoring agent | |
| 矫情 | (Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable | |
| 矫情 | affected; unnatural; pretentious | |
| 矫治 | to correct (e.g. sight or hearing); to rectify; to cure | |
| 矫正 | to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectif… | |
| 矫形 | orthopedic (e.g. surgery) | |
| 矫直 | to straighten; (fig.) to mend one's ways | |
| 矫枉过正 | to overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate | |
| 齿颚矫正学 | (Tw) orthodontics | |
| 矫枉过直 | see 矯枉過正|矫枉过正[jiao3 wang3 guo4 zheng4] | |
| 矫揉造作 | pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs | |
| 矫健 | strong and healthy; vigorous |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乔 — compare how they read.