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-<WL>桥(F橋) [qiáo] bridge (桥梁); cross-bar/ridgepole  [jiāo] well-sweep (井桥)@@  [jiào] [qiāo] [jiǎo] cf. 橋
+<WL>桥(F橋) [qiáo] bridge (桥梁); overpass (天桥); crossbeam (桥梁), ridgepole (栋梁)@@  [jiāo] well-sweep (井桥)  [jiào] [qiāo] [jiǎo] cf. 橋
-The Shuōwén Seal form of 桥/橋(􁁲) qiáo ‘bridge’ combines 木 (mù) ‘tree/wood’, and 乔/喬(􁰥) qiáo ‘tall/arching’ (phonosemantic).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 桥/橋(􁁲) qiáo ‘bridge (over water)’ combines 木 (mù) ‘tree/wood’, and 乔/喬(􁰥) qiáo ‘tall/arching’ (phonosemantic).
-	Note: 乔/喬 qiáo ‘tall’, as in 乔木 qiáomù ‘tall tree’; for 桥 jiāo ‘well-sweep’, formerly also wr. 槔 (gāo), cf. 桔槔 jiégāo.
+	Compare: 乔/喬 qiáo ‘tall’ (乔木 qiáomù ‘tall tree’), formerly also wr. 橋; for 桥 jiāo ‘well-sweep’, formerly also wr. 槔 (gāo), cf. 桔槔 jiégāo.
+	Compare: 梁(􁁳) liáng ‘bridge (over water); beam/girder’, SW syn. (转注).
+	Note: The old difference may have been 桥/橋 qiáo ‘bridge (column/pier)’, vs. 梁 liáng ‘bridge (horizontal beam/girder)’; cf. 梁.
 	Compare: 骄/驕(􁩇) jiāo ‘arrogant/proud’ (骄傲), formerly ‘tall/wild horse’, also wr. 喬.
 #rK.AD359 D.2.1200.4 B.147.0.06 E.0