琐
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fragmentary; trifling
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,009 U+7410
How 琐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + ⺌ (phonetic)
How to remember it
trivial · Heisig RSH #1604
ball + 小 small + 贝 shellfish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component ⺌
Siblings built with the same phonetic component ⺌ (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ⺌ sound component | — | |
| 锁 | suǒ | lock, padlock; chains, shackles |
| 肖 | xiào | to resemble, to look like; to be like |
Words containing 琐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琐罗亚斯德教 | Suǒ luó yà sī dé jiào | Zoroastrianism |
| 琐罗亚斯特 | Suǒ luó yà sī tè | see 瑣羅亞斯德|琐罗亚斯德[Suo3 luo2 ya4 si1 de2] |
| 琐罗亚斯德 | Suǒ luó yà sī dé | Zoroaster, Zarathustra or Zarathushtra (c. 600 BC), Persian prophet and founder of Zoroast… |
| 琐事 | suǒ shì | trifle |
| 琐记 | suǒ jì | fragmentary recollections; miscellaneous notes |
| 琐细 | suǒ xì | trivial |
| 琐闻 | suǒ wén | news items |
| 琐碎 | suǒ suì | trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential |
| 繁琐 | fán suǒ | many and complicated; mired in minor details |
| 烦琐 | fán suǒ | tedious; convoluted; fiddly; pedantic |
| 琐屑 | suǒ xiè | trivial matters; petty things |
| 猥琐 | wěi suǒ | wretched (esp. appearance); vulgar |