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鞘
qiào
scabbard, sheath
🔤 Pictophonetic:
革 (leather) provides meaning, 肖 provides pronunciation
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⿰革肖
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gé
革
leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
📷 Pictographic:
An animal being skinned
9 strokes
HSK 5
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
5 strokes
Words Using 鞘 (11)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
鞘
↗
qiào
scabbard / sheath
qiào
鞘
↗
scabbard / sheath
刀鞘
↗
dāoqiào
scabbard
dāoqiào
刀鞘
↗
scabbard
胚芽鞘
↗
pēiyáqiào
coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
pēiyáqiào
胚芽鞘
↗
coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
腱鞘
↗
jiànqiào
tendon sheath (anatomy) / epitendon
jiànqiào
腱鞘
↗
tendon sheath (anatomy) / epitendon
腱鞘炎
↗
jiànqiàoyán
tenosynovitis (medicine)
jiànqiàoyán
腱鞘炎
↗
tenosynovitis (medicine)
鞘翅
↗
qiàochì
elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
qiàochì
鞘翅
↗
elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
鞘翅目
↗
qiàochìmù
Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
qiàochìmù
鞘翅目
↗
Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
鞘脂
↗
qiàozhī
sphingolipid
qiàozhī
鞘脂
↗
sphingolipid
出鞘
↗
chūqiào
(of a sword etc) to unsheath
chūqiào
出鞘
↗
(of a sword etc) to unsheath
髓鞘
↗
suǐqiào
myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
suǐqiào
髓鞘
↗
myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)