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蕭 xiāo

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
mournful, desolate; common Artemisa

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

蕭 xiāo

Contains the radical

艹 cǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

solemn

Etymology of 蕭 xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱艹肅

Semantic compound

肅 sù

Phonetic compound

艹 cǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 肃 Sù represents the meaning and 艹 cǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕭 xiāo .

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Words with 蕭 xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
萧 xiāo miserable蕭 xiāo
萧条 xiāo tiáo bleak蕭條
萧山 Xiāo shān Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 Háng zhōu shì [Háng​zhōu​shì], Zhejiang蕭山
萧瑟 xiāo sè to rustle蕭瑟
萧邦 Xiāo bāng Frédéric Chopin (Composer)蕭邦
萧然 xiāo rán desolate蕭然
萧何 Xiāo Hé Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦 Liú Bāng [Liú​Bāng] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争 Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng [Chǔ​Hàn​Zhàn​zhēng]蕭何
萧山区 Xiāo shān qū Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 Háng zhōu shì [Háng​zhōu​shì], Zhejiang蕭山區
萧万长 Xiāo Wàn cháng Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012蕭萬長
萧乾 Xiāo Qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator蕭乾
萧红 Xiāo Hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang蕭紅
萧县 Xiāo xiàn Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州 Sù zhōu [Sù​zhōu], Anhui蕭縣
萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí to follow precedent蕭規曹隨
萧墙 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture蕭牆
萧一山 Xiāo Yī shān Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty蕭一山
萧梁 Xiāo Liáng Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)蕭梁
萧子显 Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書 南齐书 Nán Qí shū 蕭子顯

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