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螵

piāo

Character

What 螵 means

1. used in {螵蛸|piāo xiāo}

Words starting with 螵

• 螵蛸piāo xiāoootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM)…

Words containing 螵

• 海螵蛸hǎi piāo xiāocuttlebone (used in TCM)

Characters built on 票

These share the phonetic component 票 (piào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 漂piàoused in 漂亮
• 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 镖biāodart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
• 嫖piáoto visit a prostitute
• 瓢piáodipper; ladle
• 瞟piǎoto cast a glance
• 剽piāoto rob; swift; nimble
• 缥piāoused in 缥渺; Taiwan pr. piǎo

Sounds the same

Read piāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飘to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 漂to float; to drift
• 剽to rob; swift; nimble
• 缥used in 缥渺; Taiwan pr. piǎo
• 薸duckweed