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妁

shuò

Character

What 妁 means

1. literarymatchmaker (on the bride's side)

Other readings

妁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shuòsurname Shuo

Words containing 妁

• 媒妁méi shuò(literary) (marital) matchmaker; go-between
• 媒妁之言méi shuò zhī yán(idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
• 父母之命，媒妁之言fù mǔ zhī mìng , méi shuò zhī yán(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)

Characters built on 勺

These share the phonetic component 勺 (sháo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 酌zhuóto pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 灼zhuóto burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous

Sounds the same

Read shuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 硕(bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 硕士
• 烁bright; luminous
• 朔beginning; first day of lunar month; north
• 数(literary) frequently; repeatedly
• 搠daub; thrust
• 铄bright; to melt; to fuse
• 槊long lance
• 蒴pod; capsule
• 欶to suck; to drink
• 矟lance
• 箾to hit sb with a pole; (archaic) pole held by a dancer