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肖

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similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,470 U+8096

How 肖 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ (semantic, “flesh - "in the flesh"”) + ⺌ (phonetic)

components: ⺌ ⺼

How to remember it

resemble · Heisig RSH #128

小 small + flesh — as a component also called: sparks, candle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component ⺌

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
⺌ sound component —
锁 suǒ lock, padlock; chains, shackles
琐 suǒ petty; trifling; troublesome

Words containing 肖

WordPinyinMeaning
生肖属相 shēng xiào shǔ xiàng birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
努瓦克肖特 Nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tè Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
肖伯纳 Xiāo Bó nà Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
维妙维肖 wéi miào wéi xiào to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
肖像权 xiào xiàng quán portrait rights; right to one's image
不肖 bù xiào (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy
生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the C…
肖想 xiào xiǎng (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) …
肖恩 Xiāo ēn Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
肖扬 Xiāo Yáng Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
肖邦 Xiāo bāng Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
逼肖 bī xiào to bear a close resemblance to; to be the very image of
肖似 xiào sì to resemble; to look like
毕肖 bì xiào to resemble closely; to be the very image of; to look very much like; to be the spitting i…
酷肖 kù xiào to strikingly resemble
惟妙惟肖 wéi miào wéi xiào to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
肖蛸 xiāo shāo variant of 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1]