筲
pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲[shao1]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,357 U+7B72
How 筲 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 肖 (phonetic, xiào)
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Words containing 筲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斗筲之人 | dǒu shāo zhī rén | a small-minded person; a bean-counter |
| 斗筲之器 | dǒu shāo zhī qì | person narrow-minded and shortsighted |
| 斗筲之材 | dǒu shāo zhī cái | person of limited capacity |
| 水筲 | shuǐ shāo | well bucket; pail made of bamboo strips |
| 斗筲 | dǒu shāo | an ancient bamboo container; narrow-mindedness |
| 筲箍 | shāo gū | to hoop on a basket |
| 筲箕 | shāo jī | bamboo basket for rice-washing |