• 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.
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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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  • 803rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 119 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. suǒ (Suo3)surname Suo • abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
2. suǒ (suo3)to search • to demand • to ask • to exact • large rope • isolated

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

探索 
搜索 
检索 (檢索)

Uncommon

不假思索 
利索 
勒索 
导火索 (導火索)
思索 
摸索 
求索 
毕加索 (畢加索)
索取 
索尼 
索性 
索尔 (索爾)
索菲亚 (索菲亞)
索赔 (索賠)
索道 
索马里 (索馬裡)
线索 (線索)
绳索 (繩索)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
高加索 

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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.