You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: City (yì) Pronounced jiāo (first tone) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1271, Entry 11 Pronounced jiāo (first tone) Pronounced jiāo (first tone) Pronounced jiāo (first tone) Pronounced jiāo (first tone) The distance of a hundred li from the capital is called jiao. — "Shuowen Jiezi" The area outside the city is called jiao. — "Erya, Shidi" Near jiao and far jiao. — "Zhou Li, Diguan, Zaishi" Fifty li is near jiao, and one hundred li is far jiao. The people of Lu had three jiao and three sui. — "Shu, Feishi" The area outside the state is called jiao, and the area outside the jiao is called sui. The Son of Heaven had six armies, thus six jiao and six sui. Great states had three armies, hence Lu had three jiao and three sui. Also a name for sacrifices. On the winter solstice, sacrifices were made to Heaven in the southern jiao; on the summer solstice, sacrifices were made to Earth in the northern jiao; hence, sacrificing to Heaven and Earth is called jiao. Also a place name. Duke Wen of Qin attacked Jin and captured Wangguan and Jiao. — "Zuo Zhuan, Year 3 of Duke Wen" A place in Jin. Pronounced gāo (first tone) The great man, tall and robust, rests in the rural jiao. — "Book of Odes (Shijing), Wei Feng" The commentary notes that the rhyme sounds like gao. The great man, tall and robust, rests in the rural jiao. — "Book of Odes (Shijing), Wei Feng" Pronounced gao. The commentary notes that it should be read as gao, and the commentary in "Jizhuan" has been amended to rhyme with gao.