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saltpeter; to tan (leather)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 (semantic, “mineral”) + 肖 (phonetic, xiào)

components: 石肖

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
屑	xiè	bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile
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
硝化甘油	xiāo huà gān yóu	nitroglycerine
亚硝酸	yà xiāo suān	nitrous acid
亚硝酸盐	yà xiāo suān yán	nitrite
硝酸甘油	xiāo suān gān yóu	nitroglycerine
三硝基甲苯	sān xiāo jī jiǎ běn	trinitrotoluene (TNT)
硝酸银	xiāo suān yín	silver nitrate
硝酸盐	xiāo suān yán	nitrate
硝石	xiāo shí	niter; saltpeter; potassium nitrate KNO3
亚硝酸钠	yà xiāo suān nà	sodium nitrite
亚硝酸异戊酯	yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐ	amyl nitrite
硝酸	xiāo suān	nitric acid
硝化棉	xiāo huà mián	nitrocellulose; guncotton
亚硝胺	yà xiāo àn	nitrosamine
硝基苯	xiāo jī běn	nitrobenzene; benzoil nitrate (chemistry)
硝烟	xiāo yān	smoke (from guns)
硝烟滚滚	xiāo yān gǔn gǔn	(idiom) smoke billows from the raging battle
硝酸钠	xiāo suān nà	sodium nitrate
硝酸钙	xiāo suān gài	calcium nitrate
硝酸钾	xiāo suān jiǎ	potassium nitrate
甲硝唑	jiǎ xiāo zuò	metronidazole (antibacterial agent); Flagyl (trade name)