Radical:

meaning for jiáo:

  • - to chew
  • - also pr. [jue2]to bite words and chew characters (idiom)
  • - punctilious about minutiae of wordingtastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  • - tasteless
  • - insipidto gossip
  • - to argue unnecessarilybit
  • - mouthpieceto chew
  • - to masticate
  • - to ruminate
  • - to mull over