鞘 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qiào

scabbard

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé

leather

肖 Sound component

xiào, xiāo

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Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qiào

scabbard, sheath; scabbard; sheath

Most common words with 鞘

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	鞘	scabbard
	出鞘	(of a sword etc) to unsheath
	刀鞘	scabbard
	髓鞘	myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
	海鞘	Ascidiacea

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3036th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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