潇
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(of water) deep and clear
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 水 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 瀟
- Common rank
- #4,315
- Unicode
- U+6F47
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 潇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潇潇细雨 | soft, misty rain | |
| 潇湘 | other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiang1 jiang1] in Hunan province | |
| 潇洒 | confident and at ease; free and easy | |
| 潇潇 | (of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 萧 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萧 sound part | mournful, desolate; common Artemisa | |
| 蟏 | a long-legged spider |