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鞘
qiào
1. scabbard
2. sheath
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鞘
qiào
scabbard, sheath
16 丶

Compound Words (10)

出鞘
chūqiào
(of a sword etc) to unsheath
刀鞘
dāoqiào
scabbard
海鞘
hǎiqiào
Ascidiacea
腱鞘
jiànqiào
tendon sheath (anatomy)
鞘翅
qiàochì
elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
鞘脂
qiàozhī
sphingolipid
髓鞘
suǐqiào
myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
胚芽鞘
pēiyáqiào
coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
腱鞘炎
jiànqiàoyán
tenosynovitis (medicine)
鞘翅目
qiàochìmù
Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,035
Word Frequency Rank
4,691 of 84,292

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