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韶

sháo

Character

What 韶 means

1. literarysplendid; glorious

Other readings

韶 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Sháosurname Shao

Words starting with 韶

• 韶华sháo huá(literary) prime years; youthful years
• 韶山市Sháo shān ShìShaoshan, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市
• 韶关市Sháo guān ShìShaoguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 韶山Sháo shānsee 韶山市
• 韶关Sháo guānsee 韶关市

Words containing 韶

• 仰韶Yǎng sháoYangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture 仰韶文化
• 张韶涵Zhāng Sháo hánAngela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
• 仰韶文化Yǎng sháo wén huà(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central…

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
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 劭shàostimulate to effort

Characters that look like 韶

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
• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 撰zhuànto compose; to compile
• 觐jìn(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 觑qùto spy; watch for
• 赭zhěocher

Sounds the same

Read sháo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 勺spoon; ladle; abbr. for 公勺
• 玿(literary) a kind of fine jade
• 杓ladle (variant of 勺
• 芍Chinese peony; Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
• 㲈variant of 韶
• 苕see 红苕