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鞘

qiào

Character

What 鞘 means

1. scabbard; sheath

Words starting with 鞘

• 鞘翅qiào chìelytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
• 鞘脂qiào zhīsphingolipid
• 鞘翅目qiào chì mùColeoptera (insect order including beetles)

Words containing 鞘

• 出鞘chū qiào(of a sword etc) to unsheath
• 刀鞘dāo qiàoscabbard
• 卵鞘luǎn qiào(invertebrate zoology) ootheca
• 海鞘hǎi qiàoAscidiacea; sea squirt
• 叶鞘yè qiào(botany) leaf sheath
• 髓鞘suǐ qiàomyelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
• 胚芽鞘pēi yá qiàocoleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
• 腱鞘jiàn qiào(anatomy) tendon sheath
• 腱鞘炎jiàn qiào yántenosynovitis (medicine)

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 鞘

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

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 鞋xiéshoe
• 颠diāntop (of the head); apex; to fall forwards
• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 璐lùbeautiful jade
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)

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
• 诮ridicule; to blame
• 撽to beat with a stick; to hit from the side
• 谯ridicule; to blame