箫

xiāo · xiǎo

xiao, a vertical bamboo flute

Radical: 竹 Strokes: 14

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Less common

Same radical

竹笔管简笑符算策第籍等笼

Same radical

竹笔管简笑符算策第籍等笼箭箱签

Stroke Order · 14 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

箫=⺮+肃

Etymology

bamboo

Meanings

xiao, a vertical bamboo flute

xiāo

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Words with 箫 59 total

nose flute鼻箫bí xiāo panpipes排箫pái xiāo reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute笙箫shēng xiāo

Idioms with 箫 14 total

(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥 exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian")吴市吹箫wú shì chuī xiāo