翘 Stroke Order

翘 (qiáo) Meaning: 1. Raise, lift, up. 2. Outstanding. 1. Raise, lift, up: raise one's head; gaze upward; eager expectation; raise one's foot to lead. 2. Outstanding: outstanding talent (high ability); excellent (referring to distinguished talents). 翘 (qiáo) Category: noun Basic Meaning: Long feathers on a bird's tail. Character Formation: Semantics and sound; combines 羽 (feather) and 尧 (sound of the character). 羽 refers to bird feathers. 1. Same as the basic meaning (long feather). Reference: 1. "Shuowen Jiezi": "翘, tail long hair." 2. Pan Yue's "Shooting Pheasants": "The spotted tail lifts." 3. "Songs of Chuci": "The green feather hangs, with twisted jewels." Example: Such as: green feather (tools made from the tail feathers of a kingfisher); beautiful tail feathers. 2. Bird's tail. Reference: 1. Liu Xiang's "Nine Lamentations": "Waving feathers, rushing wind and rain, endless swimming." 3. Broadly refers to the tail of an animal. 翘 (qiáo) Category: verb 1. Raise. Reference: 1. Cao Zhi's "Miscellaneous Poems": "Longing for a distant person." 2. "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio": "Raising up and priding itself on singing." Example: Such as: longing (suspense; yearning); muse (thinking about you anxiously); lifting high (a light-jumping manner); lifting the city gate (to lift the gate blocking the city, indicating great strength, recognized as a skill in Tang's martial exam for weightlifting). 2. Arouse. Example: Such as: diligent arousal (hardworking). 3. Expose. Reference: 1. "Book of Rites": "Rude and exposing." Note: "To raise." Example: Such as: exposing others' faults. 翘 (qiáo) Category: adjective 1. Outstanding (talent). Example: Such as: distinguished person (someone with exceptional talent); extraordinary (outstanding and exceptional). 2. High; dangerous. Reference: 1. "Book of Songs": "Uplifted and crossed firewood." 2. "Book of Songs": "My home is lofty." 3. See also qià. 翘 (qiáo) 1. One end is raised upwards. 1. One end is raised upwards: raise a tail; raising a braid (dying). 翘 (qiáo) Category: verb 1. (口) One end is raised up (stick up; turn upwards). 2. See also qiáo. 翘 (qiáo) Category: verb 1. (口) One end is raised upwards. Reference: 1. Zhuangzi's "Horse Hoof": "Raising up one foot to land." 2. "Huainanzi": "Raising the tail and running." 3. Lu Xun's "Buried": "Men's beards often curl upwards." Example: Such as: curling up a mustache; when he stepped on this board, it lifted up. 2. See also qiáo.