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镳

biāo

Character Traditional 鑣

What 镳 means

1. bit (of a bridle)
2. variant of {镖|biāo}

Words containing 镳

• 分道扬镳fēn dào yáng biāolit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom); fig. to part ways
• 连镳并轸lián biāo bìng zhěnlit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another…
• 保镳bǎo biāovariant of 保镖

Characters that look like 镳

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

• 耀yàobrilliant; glorious
• 躏lìnused in 蹂躏
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 癣xuǎnringworm; Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 孀shuāng(bound form) widow

Sounds the same

Read biāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 标mark; sign; label
• 镖dart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
• 飙(literary) very strong wind; gale; (bound form) wild; violent; unrestrained; furious
• 彪(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored…
• 膘(usu. of livestock) fat
• 杓(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle; (literary) collective name for the three stars…
• 猋whirlwind
• 摽(literary) to wave away; to discard
• 飑whirlwind
• 儦walking to and fro
• 熛blaze; flame flaring
• 滮flowing of water