1. 箫

箫

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  1. 箫 is the 3626th most frequent character.
  2. 箫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 箫 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 箫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
箫 => ⺮, 肃
Radical :
箫 => ⺮ (bamboo), ⺺ (brush), No glyph available, 小 (small)
Graphical :
箫 => ⺮, 匚, 一, 丨, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom/same as 排簫|排箫/also translated as pan pipes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 箫 (xiao1): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

箫 (簫)

Medium Frequency

吹箫 (吹簫)
笙箫 (笙簫)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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