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筲

shāo

Character Traditional 䈰

What 筲 means

1. pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips
2. basket (container) for chopsticks
3. variant of {筲|shāo}

Other readings

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

• shāobasket; bucket

Words starting with 筲

• 筲箍shāo gūto hoop on a basket
• 筲箕shāo jībamboo basket for rice-washing

Words containing 筲

• 斗筲dǒu shāoan ancient bamboo container; narrow-mindedness
• 水筲shuǐ shāowell bucket; pail made of bamboo strips
• 斗筲之人dǒu shāo zhī réna small-minded person; a bean-counter
• 斗筲之器dǒu shāo zhī qìperson narrow-minded and shortsighted
• 斗筲之材dǒu shāo zhī cáiperson of limited capacity

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
• 捎shāoto bring sth to sb; to deliver
• 蛸shāooctopus; used in 蟏蛸
• 艄shāostern of boat

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
• 梢tip of branch
• 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