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shào

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shào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shào | shao4
English translation
various place names; surname

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About shào

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

shào

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

place

Etymology of shào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

召阝

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Shào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Shào represents the sound.

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Words with shào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shào surname Shao shào
邵阳 Shào yáng Shaoyang prefecture level city in Hunan邵陽
邵逸夫 Shào Yì fū Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon邵逸夫 Shào Yì fū
邵阳市 Shào yáng shì Shaoyang prefecture level city in Hunan邵陽市
邵武 Shào wǔ Shaowu county level city in Nanping 南平 Nán píng [Nán​píng] Fujian邵武 Shào wǔ
新邵县 Xīn shào xiàn Xinshao county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳 Shào yáng [Shào​yáng], Hunan新邵縣
邵武市 Shào wǔ shì Shaowu county level city in Nanping 南平 Nán píng [Nán​píng] Fujian邵武市 Shào wǔ shì
新邵 Xīn shào Xinshao county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳 Shào yáng [Shào​yáng], Hunan新邵 Xīn shào
邵东 Shào dōng Shaodong county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳 Shào yáng [Shào​yáng], Hunan邵東
邵雍 Shào Yōng Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理學家|理学家 lǐ xué jiā 邵雍 Shào Yōng
邵东县 Shào dōng xiàn Shaodong county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳 Shào yáng [Shào​yáng], Hunan邵東縣
邵阳县 Shào yáng xiàn Shaoyang county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳 Shào yáng [Shào​yáng], Hunan邵陽縣
邵阳地区 Shào yáng dì qū Shaoyang prefecture in Hunan邵陽地區
邵伯湖 Shào bó Hú Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province邵伯湖 Shào bó Hú

shào Decomposition & Compounds

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