1. 萧
  2. 啸
  3. 潇
  4. 箫

萧

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  1. 萧 is the 1895th most frequent character.
  2. 萧 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 萧 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 萧 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
萧 => 艹, 肃
Radical :
萧 => 艹 (grass), ⺺ (brush), No glyph available, 小 (small)
Graphical :
萧 => 艹, 匚, 一, 丨, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xiao1 - surname Xiao
  2. xiao1 - miserable/desolate/dreary/Chinese mugwort

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

萧 (蕭)
萧山 (蕭山)
萧条 (蕭條)

Medium Frequency

萧山区 (蕭山區)
萧瑟 (蕭瑟)
萧索 (蕭索)
萧邦 (蕭邦)

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萧 also appears in:
潇

啸

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  1. 啸 is the 2296th most frequent character.
  2. 啸 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 啸 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 啸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
啸 => 口, 肃
Radical :
啸 => 口 (mouth), ⺺ (brush), No glyph available, 小 (small)
Graphical :
啸 => 口, 匚, 一, 丨, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao4 - to hiss/to whistle

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 啸 (xiao4): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

海啸 (海嘯)

Medium Frequency

呼啸 (呼嘯)

潇

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  1. 潇 is the 3210th most frequent character.
  2. 潇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 潇 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 潇 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
潇 => 氵, 萧
Radical :
潇 => 氵 (water), 艹 (grass), ⺺ (brush), No glyph available, 小 (small)
Graphical :
潇 => ⺀, ㇀, 艹, 匚, 一, 丨, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - river name/sound of rain and wind

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

潇洒 (瀟灑)

Medium Frequency

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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