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诮

qiào

Character Traditional 誚

What 诮 means

1. ridicule
2. to blame

Words containing 诮

• 讥诮jī qiàoto deride; to mock

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
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern

Characters that look like 诮

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

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand

Sounds the same

Read qiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 峭high and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 窍hole; opening; orifice (of the human body)
• 俏good-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 撬to lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 壳(bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. ké
• 翘to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
• 鞘scabbard; sheath
• 撽to beat with a stick; to hit from the side
• 谯ridicule; to blame