Zi:較

較(S​较) [jiào] relatively; quite; ​比較 compare/contrast; relatively/fairly [jiǎo] (​口​语) ​比較; (HDZ:) … [jué] ​车​箱​两​旁​板​上​的​横​木, … [xiào] ​校

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    HDZ: 較 : jué : ​车​箱​两​旁​板​上​的​横​木 (cf. ​軾, ​輢, ​車​欄/​闌; ​箱, ​牝​服), ​士​大​夫​以​上​的​乘​车, ​较​上​饰​有​曲​铜​钩; ​车​箱 (​车​中​用​来​载​人​或​装​东​西​的​部​分; ​车); ​直; ​角: ​竞​逐 (​竞​争​追​逐); ​法 • jiào : ​比​较, ​较​量; ​检​查, ​校​核; ​不​等; ​明​显; ​差; ​病​情​差​减; (​数​学) ​差; (​副​词) ​略, ​稍; (​介​词) ​比; ​校: ​查​对, ​订​正, ​考​订; ​校: ​几​足 • xiào : ​校: ​学​校
    HDC: ​車​欄/​闌: (​古) ​车​箱​的​前​面​和​左​右​两​边​用​木​条​构​成​的​大​方​格​围​栏
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​较:) The character ​较/較 jué ‘horizontal/linking member of a carriage compartment’ (serving as seats/etc.) combines ​车/​車 (chē) ‘carriage’, and ​交(​􁰨) jiāo ‘cross/link’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​䡈(​􂡈), with ​爻(​􀣳) yáo (phonosemantic).
    Note: Today mainly ​较/較 jiào ‘compare’ (​比​较, ​较​量); cf. ​角 jué ‘compete’ (​比​试); cf. ​䡈(​􂡈) jiào ‘war chariot’.
    Compare: ​校(​􁁹) jiào ‘cangue/shackles’, today mainly ​校 xiào ‘school’ (​学​校 xuéxiào).
    Compare: ​绞/​絞(​􁰪) jiǎo ‘strangle, hang (by the neck, to death)’.
    “[較] (To vie in charioteering:) test, compare, criticize, dispute; (all compared:) generally, on the whole” —Karlgren(AD).
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR1166b'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3531.5; Mathews:713; Guǎngyùn:415.25,464.05; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1242.31; EDOC:1
►components: ​車​交​
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