鞘
scabbard; sheath
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,966 U+9798
How 鞘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
革 (semantic, “leather”) + 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 |
| 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 |
Words containing 鞘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鞘翅目 | qiào chì mù | Coleoptera (insect order including beetles) |
| 海鞘 | hǎi qiào | Ascidiacea; sea squirt |
| 出鞘 | chū qiào | (of a sword etc) to unsheath |
| 叶鞘 | yè qiào | (botany) leaf sheath |
| 刀鞘 | dāo qiào | scabbard |
| 鞘翅 | qiào chì | elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing) |
| 鞘脂 | qiào zhī | sphingolipid |
| 卵鞘 | luǎn qiào | (invertebrate zoology) ootheca |
| 腱鞘炎 | jiàn qiào yán | tenosynovitis (medicine) |
| 胚芽鞘 | pēi yá qiào | coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany) |
| 髓鞘 | suǐ qiào | myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell) |
| 腱鞘 | jiàn qiào | (anatomy) tendon sheath |