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潇

xiāo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 瀟

What 潇 means

1. (of water) deep and clear

Words starting with 潇

• 潇洒xiāo sǎconfident and at ease; free and easy
• 潇潇xiāo xiāo(of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering
• 潇湘Xiāo xiāngother name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江
• 潇潇细雨xiāo xiāo xì yǔsoft, misty rain

Characters that look like 潇

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

• 塞sè(bound form) to block; to obstruct
• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
• 漾yàngto overflow; to ripple; used in place names
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 潺chánflow; trickle (of water)

Sounds the same

Read xiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 消to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 宵night
• 萧(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 箫xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 削to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
• 霄firmament; heaven
• 枭owl; valiant; trafficker
• 逍used in 逍遥
• 嚣clamor
• 硝saltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 骁good horse; valiant