筲

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pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲[shao1]

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,357 U+7B72

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 肖 (phonetic, xiào)

components: ⺮肖

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 肖

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 肖 (xiào) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
肖 sound component	xiào	to resemble, to look like; to be like
消	xiāo	news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
销	xiāo	to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell
哨	shào	to whistle; to chirp
削	xiāo	to pare, to scrape, to trim
硝	xiāo	saltpeter; to tan leather
屑	xiè	bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile
宵	xiāo	night, evening, darkness
鞘	qiào	scabbard, sheath
梢	shāo	the tip of a branch; rudder
悄	qiǎo	quiet, silent, still; anxious
蛸	shāo	octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest
峭	qiào	steep, precipitous, rugged
逍	xiāo	to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter
捎	shāo	to carry, to take; to select
艄	shāo	the stern of a ship
魈	xiāo	mischievious mountain spirit
诮	qiào	to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize
绡	xiāo	raw silk

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
斗筲之人	dǒu shāo zhī rén	a small-minded person; a bean-counter
斗筲之器	dǒu shāo zhī qì	person narrow-minded and shortsighted
斗筲之材	dǒu shāo zhī cái	person of limited capacity
水筲	shuǐ shāo	well bucket; pail made of bamboo strips
斗筲	dǒu shāo	an ancient bamboo container; narrow-mindedness
筲箍	shāo gū	to hoop on a basket
筲箕	shāo jī	bamboo basket for rice-washing