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筲
shāo
1. basket
2. bucket
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

筲
shāo
basket, bucket
13 丶

Compound Words (7)

斗筲
dǒushāo
an ancient bamboo container
水筲
shuǐshāo
well bucket
筲箍
shāogū
to hoop on a basket
筲箕
shāojī
bamboo basket for rice-washing
斗筲之人
dǒushāozhīrén
a small-minded person
斗筲之器
dǒushāozhīqì
person narrow-minded and shortsighted
斗筲之材
dǒushāozhīcái
person of limited capacity

Alternate Entries

筲
shāo
pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips / basket (container) for chopsticks / variant of [[筲<shāo>]]

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
6,157
Word Frequency Rank
10,446 of 84,292

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