HanziCraft - Information on 萧,索

萧
索

萧

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萧 is the 1895th most frequent character.
萧 has 2 dictionary entries.
萧 appears as a character in 12 words.
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:

Xiao1 - surname Xiao
xiao1 - miserable/desolate/dreary/Chinese mugwort

Pronunciation Clues:

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:

索

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索 is the 803rd most frequent character.
索 has 2 dictionary entries.
索 appears as a character in 55 words.
索 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

索 => No glyph available, 糸

Radical :

索 => 十 (ten), 冖 (cover), 糸 (silk)

Graphical :

索 => 一, 丨, 冖, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

Suo3 - surname Suo/abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
suo3 - to search/to demand/to ask/to exact/large rope/isolated

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

检索 (檢索)

Medium Frequency

导火索 (導火索)

毕加索 (畢加索)

索尔 (索爾)

索赔 (索賠)

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)

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索 also appears in:

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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