蕭 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiāo

common artemisia

Phonosemantic compound. 肅 represents the meaning and 艹 represents the sound.

Components

肅 Meaning component

sù

pay respects

艹 Sound component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

萧 (蕭)

xiāo

common artemisia; sighing of wind; mournful; dejected; miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort

萧 (蕭)

Xiāo

surname Xiao

Most common words with 蕭

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	萧	miserable
	萧条	bleak
	萧山	Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hángzhōushì], Zhejiang
	萧瑟	to rustle
	萧邦	Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

瀟蠨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*sˤiw	sew	xiāo	Artemisia
*sˤiw	sew	xiāo	蕭蕭 neighing of horses

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6178% of movies

2998th most common character in movies

1898th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	16
Simplified	萧
Unicode	U+856D
Shuowen	“蕭，艾蒿也。从艸，肅聲。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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