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蛸

shāo

Character

What 蛸 means

1. octopus
2. used in {蟏蛸|xiāo shāo} and {肖蛸|xiāo shāo}

Other readings

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

• xiāoused in {螵蛸|piāo xiāo}

Words containing 蛸

• 巴蛸bā shāo(dialect) octopus
• 蟏蛸xiāo shāolong-jawed orb weaver; long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae)
• 八带蛸bā dài shāo(Shandong dialect) octopus
• 螵蛸piāo xiāoootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM)…
• 海螵蛸hǎi piāo xiāocuttlebone (used in TCM)
• 肖蛸xiāo shāovariant of 蟏蛸
• 蚆蛸bā shāovariant of 巴蛸

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
• 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
• 筲pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲
• 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