jiāo

banana

plant (艹) + sound jiāo (焦) = banana

The grass radical marks this as a plant. 焦 gives the sound jiāo and carries no meaning here — just follow the phonetic.

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Words with 蕉

香蕉

xiāng jiāo

banana

香蕉人

xiāng jiāo rén

banana person (yellow outside, white inside)

美人蕉

měi rén jiāo

canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)

芭蕉

bā jiāo

Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)

芭蕉扇

bā jiāo shàn

palm-leaf fan

蕉城

jiāo chéng

see 蕉城區|蕉城区[Jiao1 cheng2 Qu1]

蕉城区

jiāo chéng qū

Jiaocheng, a district of Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian

蕉岭

jiāo lǐng

see 蕉嶺縣|蕉岭县[Jiao1 ling3 Xian4]

蕉岭县

jiāo lǐng xiàn

Jiaoling, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市[Mei2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong

蕉萃

qiáo cuì

variant of 憔悴[qiao2 cui4]

蕉麻

jiāo má

abaca

More characters with 艹