肖

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similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,470 U+8096

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ (semantic, “flesh - "in the flesh"”) + ⺌ (phonetic)

components: ⺌⺼

resemble · Heisig RSH #128

小 small + flesh — as a component also called: sparks, candle

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
琐	suǒ	petty; trifling; troublesome

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
生肖属相	shēng xiào shǔ xiàng	birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
努瓦克肖特	Nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tè	Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
肖伯纳	Xiāo Bó nà	Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
维妙维肖	wéi miào wéi xiào	to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
肖像权	xiào xiàng quán	portrait rights; right to one's image
不肖	bù xiào	(literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy
生肖	shēng xiào	one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the C…
肖想	xiào xiǎng	(Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) …
肖恩	Xiāo ēn	Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
肖像	xiào xiàng	portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
肖扬	Xiāo Yáng	Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
肖邦	Xiāo bāng	Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
逼肖	bī xiào	to bear a close resemblance to; to be the very image of
肖似	xiào sì	to resemble; to look like
毕肖	bì xiào	to resemble closely; to be the very image of; to look very much like; to be the spitting i…
酷肖	kù xiào	to strikingly resemble
惟妙惟肖	wéi miào wéi xiào	to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
肖蛸	xiāo shāo	variant of 蠨蛸\|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1]