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瓢
piáo
1. dipper
2. ladle
Common • Top 23% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

瓢
piáo
a ladle made from a dried gourd
16 丶

Compound Words (11)

秃瓢
tūpiáo
bald head (colloquial)
瓢虫
piáochóng
ladybug
瓢泼
piáopō
(of rain) pouring
脑瓢儿
nǎopiáor
top of the head
七星瓢虫
qīxīngpiáochóng
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
瓢泼大雨
piáopōdàyǔ
downpour (idiom)
瓢泼而下
piáopōérxià
(of rain) to fall heavily
疏水箪瓢
shūshuǐdānpiáo
little water and few utensils
照葫芦画瓢
zhàohúluhuàpiáo
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
按下葫芦浮起瓢
ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
茄二十八星瓢虫
qiéèrshíbāxīngpiáochóng
28-spotted ladybird

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Character Frequency Rank
3,734
Word Frequency Rank
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