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biāo

spear, harpoon, dart; to escort

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 票 provides pronunciation

HSK 16 strokes Common (27%)

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bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

⿰钅票 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

piào

票

bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

💡 Ideographic: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering

11 strokes HSK 2

xī

覀

west, western, westward

💡 Ideographic: A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東

6 strokes

shì

示

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

📷 Pictographic: An altar

5 strokes HSK 4

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 镖 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

镖 ↗

biāo

throwing weapon / dart / goods sent under the protection of an armed escort

biāo

镖 ↗

throwing weapon / dart / goods sent under the protection of an armed escort

飞镖 ↗

fēibiāo

darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead)

fēibiāo

飞镖 ↗

darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead)

armed escort (of travelers or merchants' caravans)

biāokè

镖客 ↗

armed escort (of travelers or merchants' caravans)