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shào

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shào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shào | shao4
English translation
to encourage; to excel; excellent

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About shào

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

shào

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

strength

Etymology of shào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

召力

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Shào

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Words with shào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shào surname Shao shào
年高德劭 nián gāo dé shào to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)年高德劭 nián gāo dé shào

shào Decomposition & Compounds

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