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骁

xiāo

Character Traditional 驍

What 骁 means

1. good horse
2. valiant

Words starting with 骁

• 骁将xiāo jiàngvaliant general
• 骁勇善战xiāo yǒng shàn zhànto be brave and good at fighting (idiom)

Characters built on 尧

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

• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 翘qiáooutstanding; to raise
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 侥jiǎoby mere luck
• 硗qiāostony soil
• 哓xiāoa cry of alarm; querulous

Characters that look like 骁

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

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 饶ráorich; abundant; exuberant
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 骏jùnspirited horse

Sounds the same

Read xiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 消to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 宵night
• 潇(of water) deep and clear
• 萧(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 箫xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 削to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
• 霄firmament; heaven
• 枭owl; valiant; trafficker
• 逍used in 逍遥
• 嚣clamor
• 硝saltpeter; to tan (leather)