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bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

尸 (semantic, “body”) + 肖 (phonetic, xiào)

components: 尸肖

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flag + candle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 肖

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 肖 (xiào) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
肖 sound component	xiào	to resemble, to look like; to be like
消	xiāo	news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
销	xiāo	to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell
哨	shào	to whistle; to chirp
削	xiāo	to pare, to scrape, to trim
硝	xiāo	saltpeter; to tan leather
宵	xiāo	night, evening, darkness
鞘	qiào	scabbard, sheath
梢	shāo	the tip of a branch; rudder
悄	qiǎo	quiet, silent, still; anxious
筲	shāo	basket, bucket
蛸	shāo	octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest
峭	qiào	steep, precipitous, rugged
逍	xiāo	to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter
捎	shāo	to carry, to take; to select
艄	shāo	the stern of a ship
魈	xiāo	mischievious mountain spirit
诮	qiào	to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize
绡	xiāo	raw silk

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
火山碎屑流	huǒ shān suì xiè liú	pyroclastic flow
头皮屑	tóu pí xiè	dandruff
不屑一顾	bù xiè yī gù	to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
面包屑	miàn bāo xiè	breadcrumbs
火成碎屑	huǒ chéng suì xiè	pyroclastic
银屑病	yín xiè bìng	psoriasis
五彩纸屑	wǔ cǎi zhǐ xiè	confetti
碎屑沉积物	suì xiè chén jī wù	clastic sediment
不屑	bù xiè	to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
木屑	mù xiè	wood shavings; sawdust
碎屑岩	suì xiè yán	clastic rock (geology)
岩屑	yán xiè	(rock) debris; scree
末屑	mò xiè	bits; scraps
纤屑	xiān xiè	fine detail
碎屑	suì xiè	fragments; particles
煤屑	méi xiè	coal dust; coal slack
琐屑	suǒ xiè	trivial matters; petty things