交

Meaning

Mix, exchange, cross · cruce, intercambio

Readings

• On (音読み): コウ
• Kun (訓読み): まじ.わる・ま.じる・ま.ぜる・か.わす

Example words

• 交通（こうつう）— traffic; transportation
• 交差点（こうさてん）— intersection
• 交番（こうばん）— police box

Structure

Radical 亠 (なべぶた · Lid) · 6 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

交番 is the small neighbourhood police box where you ask for directions, not a comisaría (that is 警察署). The intercambio sense lives in 交換 (こうかん, swap/exchange) and 交ぜる (mix). Look-alike: 父 (father) — 交 is 父 wearing a hat (亠).