蛸

octopus; used in 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1] and 肖蛸[xiao1 shao1]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

虫 (semantic, “mollusk”) + 肖 (phonetic, xiào)

components: 虫肖

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
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
筲	shāo	basket, bucket
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
八带蛸	bā dài shāo	(Shandong dialect) octopus
巴蛸	bā shāo	(dialect) octopus
海螵蛸	hǎi piāo xiāo	cuttlebone (used in TCM)
肖蛸	xiāo shāo	variant of 蠨蛸\|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1]
螵蛸	piāo xiāo	ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM); cuttlebone (abbr. …
蚆蛸	bā shāo	variant of 巴蛸[ba1 shao1]
蟏蛸	xiāo shāo	long-jawed orb weaver; long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae)