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哨

shào

to whistle; to chirp

🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 肖 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 10 strokes Common (24%)

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Component Breakdown

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口

kǒu

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

肖

xiào

to resemble, to look like; to be like

⿰口肖 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

xiào

肖

to resemble, to look like; to be like

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (flesh - "in the flesh") provides meaning, ⺌ provides pronunciation

7 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 哨 (24)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

to blow a whistle / to whistle

chuīshào

吹哨 ↗

to blow a whistle / to whistle

to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol

fàngshào

放哨 ↗

to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol

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