xiǎo

dwarf bamboo

Distant  bamboo ⺮;  provides the pronunciation

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

攸 meaning component

  Meaning component

yōu

  

distant

Evolution

筱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
筱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiǎo

dwarf bamboo; diminutive in person's name; thin bamboo

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4026th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+7B71

Shuowen

“筱,箭屬,小竹也。从竹,攸聲。”


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