• 1895th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (Xiao1)surname Xiao
2. xiāo (xiao1)miserable • desolate • dreary • Chinese mugwort

Pronunciation Clues

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

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

萧山 (蕭山)
萧条 (蕭條)
萧瑟 (蕭瑟)

Uncommon

萧伯纳 (蕭伯納)
萧山区 (蕭山區)
萧索 (蕭索)
萧县 (蕭縣)
萧邦 (蕭邦)

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  • 214th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 172 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiáo (tiao2)strip • item • article • clause (of law or treaty) • classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

条件 (條件)
条纹 (條紋)
油条 (油條)
发条 (發條)
纸条 (紙條)
线条 (線條)
苗条 (苗條)
薯条 (薯條)
面条 (麵條)

Uncommon

井井有条 (井井有條)
信条 (信條)
假条 (假條)
半条命 (半條命)
字条 (字條)
封条 (封條)
慢条斯理 (慢條斯理)
凭条 (憑條)
教条 (教條)
有条不紊 (有條不紊)
枝条 (枝條)
条例 (條例)
条子 (條子)
条幅 (條幅)
条形码 (條形碼)
条款 (條款)
条理 (條理)
条码 (條碼)
条约 (條約)
白条 (白條)
粉条 (粉條)
萧条 (蕭條)
词条 (詞條)
链条 (鏈條)
长条 (長條)
雪条 (雪條)
头条 (頭條)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.