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梢

shāo

HSK 6 Character

What 梢 means

1. tip of branch

Example sentences

• 我们突然向下望去，只见一个杯状的洼地，上面点缀着矮小的橡树和被多年风暴肆虐扭曲变形的蕨类植物。两座高耸狭窄的塔楼耸立在树梢之上。车夫用鞭子指着前方。他说：「巴斯克维尔庄园。」
  Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

Words starting with 梢

• 梢公shāo gōngvariant of 艄公

Words containing 梢

• 树梢shù shāothe tip of a tree; treetop
• 眉梢méi shāotip of brow
• 盯梢dīng shāoto follow sb; to tail; to shadow
• 发梢fà shāohair ends
• 尾梢wěi shāothe tip; the end; the very end
• 后梢hòu shāostern (of a boat)
• 末梢mò shāotip; end; last few days
• 眼梢yǎn shāocorner of eye near temple
• 末梢神经mò shāo shén jīngperipheral nerve
• 白尾梢虹雉bái wěi shāo hóng zhì(bird species of China) Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri)
• 钉梢dīng shāoold variant of 盯梢

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
• 捎shāoto bring sth to sb; to deliver
• 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 梢

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

• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 桢zhēn(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…

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
• 捎to bring sth to sb; to deliver
• 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