郊 jiāo suburbs; outskirts

Made up of [交 jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to turn over , ⻏ fù place radical 163]
Made with 8 strokes.
The 'place' radical on the left indicates the menaing, 'jiao' on right is the phonetic

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Also uses 交 jiāo component: 较 jiào (comparatively) 饺 jiǎo (dumpling) ; 胶 jiāo (to glue) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 效 xiào (effect) ; 咬 yǎo (to bite)
Also uses ⻏ fù component: 都 dōu (all) 邻 lín (neighbor) ; 那 nà (that)

Sounds same

教 jiāo (to teach) ; 交 jiāo (to hand over) ; 胶 jiāo (to glue)

Different tone

角 jiǎo (horn) ; 饺 jiǎo (dumpling) ; 叫 jiào (called) ; 教 jiào (religion) ; 较 jiào (comparatively)

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