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硝

xiāo

Character

What 硝 means

1. saltpeter
2. to tan (leather)

Words starting with 硝

• 硝烟xiāo yānsmoke (from guns)
• 硝石xiāo shíniter; saltpeter; potassium nitrate KNO3
• 硝酸xiāo suānnitric acid
• 硝化棉xiāo huà miánnitrocellulose; guncotton
• 硝基苯xiāo jī běnnitrobenzene; benzoil nitrate (chemistry)
• 硝酸钙xiāo suān gàicalcium nitrate
• 硝酸银xiāo suān yínsilver nitrate
• 硝酸盐xiāo suān yánnitrate
• 硝化甘油xiāo huà gān yóunitroglycerine
• 硝烟滚滚xiāo yān gǔn gǔn(idiom) smoke billows from the raging battle
• 硝酸甘油xiāo suān gān yóunitroglycerine
• 硝酸钠xiāo suān nàsodium nitrate
• 硝酸钾xiāo suān jiǎpotassium nitrate
• 硝酸铵xiāo suān ǎnammonium nitrate

Words containing 硝

• 朴硝pò xiāo(impure) mirabilite, Na2SO4x10H2O (used in TCM)
• 芒硝máng xiāomirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O); Glauber's salt
• 亚硝胺yà xiāo ànnitrosamine
• 亚硝酸yà xiāo suānnitrous acid
• 亚硝酸盐yà xiāo suān yánnitrite
• 亚硝酸钠yà xiāo suān nàsodium nitrite
• 亚硝酸异戊酯yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐamyl nitrite
• 甲硝唑jiǎ xiāo zuòmetronidazole (antibacterial agent); Flagyl (trade name)
• 三硝基甲苯sān xiāo jī jiǎ běntrinitrotoluene (TNT)

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.

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 宵xiāonight
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Characters that look like 硝

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

• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 碍àito hinder; to obstruct; to block
• 碰pèngto touch; to meet with; to bump
• 硕shuò(bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 硕士
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 梢shāotip of branch

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
• 潇(of water) deep and clear
• 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
• 骁good horse; valiant