萧
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(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,254 U+8427
How 萧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
肃 (semantic, “solemn”) + 艹 (phonetic, cǎo)
How to remember it
desolate · Heisig RSH #2214
flower + 肃 solemn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艹
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艹 (cǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艹 sound component | cǎo | grass, weed, plant, herb |
| 爇 | ruò | to burn |
| 雈 | huán | owl |
Words containing 萧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萧一山 | Xiāo Yī shān | Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty |
| 萧山区 | Xiāo shān Qū | Xiaoshan, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 经济萧条 | jīng jì xiāo tiáo | economic depression |
| 大萧条 | Dà Xiāo tiáo | the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939) |
| 萧万长 | Xiāo Wàn cháng | Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997… |
| 四壁萧然 | sì bì xiāo rán | four bare walls |
| 萧伯纳 | Xiāo bó nà | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer |
| 萧子显 | Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn | Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of Hi… |
| 萧县 | Xiāo Xiàn | Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市[Su4 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 萧山 | Xiāo shān | see 蕭山區|萧山区[Xiao1 shan1 Qu1] |
| 萧红 | Xiāo Hóng | Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang |
| 萧然 | xiāo rán | desolate; empty |
| 成也萧何，败也萧何 | chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé | lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xi… |
| 萧条 | xiāo tiáo | bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed |
| 萧索 | xiāo suǒ | bleak; desolate; melancholy |
| 萧规曹随 | Xiāo guī Cáo suí | lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom); fig. to … |
| 萧何 | Xiāo Hé | Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1… |
| 萧梁 | Xiāo Liáng | Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557) |
| 萧邦 | Xiāo bāng | (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer |
| 萧墙 | xiāo qiáng | (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture |