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艄

shāo

Character

What 艄 means

1. stern of boat

Words starting with 艄

• 艄公shāo gōnghelmsman; boatman

Words containing 艄

• 船艄chuán shāostern of boat

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
• 筲shāopot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲
• 蛸shāooctopus; used in 蟏蛸

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
• 筲pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲
• 蛸octopus; used in 蟏蛸
• 弰ends of a bow
• 旓serrated edges on a Chinese flag
• 莦jungle grass; lair
• 髾tail of a comet; long hair