邵
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surname Shao; place name
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,826 U+90B5
How 邵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “place”) + 召 (phonetic, zhào)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 召
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 召 (zhào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 召 sound component | zhào | imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon |
| 超 | chāo | to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass |
| 昭 | zhāo | bright, luminous; clear, manifest |
| 绍 | shào | to connect; to introduce |
| 沼 | zhǎo | lake, pond, swamp |
| 貂 | diāo | sable, mink, marten |
| 劭 | shào | to encourage; to excel; excellent |
| 迢 | tiáo | distant, far |
| 苕 | tiáo | rush, reed; trumpet vine |
| 髫 | tiáo | bangs, children's hairstyle; youngster |
| 笤 | tiáo | broom, besom |
| 怊 | chāo | grieving |
| 炤 | zhào | to illuminate, to light up; to reflect |
| 轺 | yáo | light carriage |
| 龆 | tiáo | to lose one's baby teeth |
Words containing 邵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新邵县 | Xīn shào Xiàn | Xinshao, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 邵东市 | Shào dōng Shì | Shaodong, a county-level city in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 邵阳县 | Shào yáng Xiàn | Shaoyang, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 邵阳市 | Shào yáng Shì | Shaoyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 邵武市 | Shào wǔ Shì | Shaowu, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 邵伯湖 | Shào bó Hú | Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province |
| 新邵 | Xīn shào | see 新邵縣|新邵县[Xin1 shao4 Xian4] |
| 邵东 | Shào dōng | see 邵東市|邵东市[Shao4 dong1 Shi4] |
| 邵阳 | Shào yáng | see 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4]; see 邵陽縣|邵阳县[Shao4 yang2 Xian4] |
| 邵族 | Shào zú | Thao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 邵武 | Shào wǔ | see 邵武市[Shao4 wu3 Shi4] |
| 邵逸夫 | Shào Yì fū | Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon |
| 邵飘萍 | Shào Piāo píng | Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報… |
| 邵雍 | Shào Yōng | Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理學家|理学家 |