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捎

shāo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

捎 (shāo) means "to bring sth to sb; to deliver". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 捎 means

1. to bring sth to sb
2. to deliver

Words starting with 捎

• 捎来shāo láito bring sth to sb (news etc)
• 捎信shāo xìnto take a letter; to send word

Characters built on 肖

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

• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 哨shàoa whistle; sentry
• 梢shāotip of branch
• 筲shāopot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲
• 蛸shāooctopus; used in 蟏蛸
• 艄shāostern of boat

Characters that look like 捎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 桅wéimast
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…

Sounds the same

Read shāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烧to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 稍somewhat; a little
• 梢tip of branch
• 筲pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲
• 蛸octopus; used in 蟏蛸
• 艄stern of boat
• 弰ends of a bow
• 旓serrated edges on a Chinese flag
• 莦jungle grass; lair
• 髾tail of a comet; long hair

Where 捎 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shàn–shè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shāo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.