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邵

Shào

Character

What 邵 means

1. surname Shao
2. place name

Words starting with 邵

• 邵族Shào zúThao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 邵伯湖Shào bó HúShaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province
• 邵东市Shào dōng ShìShaodong, a county-level city in Shaoyang City 邵阳市
• 邵武市Shào wǔ ShìShaowu, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市
• 邵逸夫Shào Yì fūRun Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
• 邵阳市Shào yáng ShìShaoyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 邵阳县Shào yáng XiànShaoyang, a county in Shaoyang City 邵阳市
• 邵飘萍Shào Piāo píngShao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press…
• 邵雍Shào YōngShao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理学家
• 邵阳Shào yángsee 邵阳市; see 邵阳县
• 邵东Shào dōngsee 邵东市
• 邵武Shào wǔsee 邵武市

Words containing 邵

• 新邵县Xīn shào XiànXinshao, a county in Shaoyang City 邵阳市
• 新邵Xīn shàosee 新邵县

Characters built on 召

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

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 沼zhǎopond; pool
• 昭zhāobright; clear; manifest
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 韶sháo(literary) splendid; glorious
• 劭shàostimulate to effort

Characters that look like 邵

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

• 郁yù(bound form) strongly fragrant
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 邯hánused in 邯郸
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read Shào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绍to continue; to carry on
• 哨a whistle; sentry
• 潲driving rain; to sprinkle
• 少young
• 稍used in 稍息
• 劭stimulate to effort
• 睄(colloquial) to glance
• 卲surname Shao
• 召surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province