Ideographic: A shell discarded 冗 by a soldier 士Radical:

meaning for qiào:

  • - shell
  • - carapace
  • - crust (earth's crust etc)
  • - also pr. [ke2]the Earth's crustthe body (housing the soul)carapace
  • - crust
  • - outer shell
  • - also pr. [jia3 ke2]lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom)
  • - fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
  • - a crafty escape plansee 壳牌公司