肖

Xiao1
#2,016 most
frequent character
surname Xiao, Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

肖 joins 月 moon as its meaning part with 小 xiǎo, which supplies the sound. It first meant night. The sense 'to resemble' was borrowed for its sound, and similar grew from that. Read xiāo, it is a surname, also by sound loan.

肖 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
宵
sound22 characters
消销稍悄削哨屑梢俏峭鞘硝霄宵逍捎

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Same Characters, Different Readings

肖xiào
similar, resembling, to resemble

Homophones

萧Xiao1
surname Xiao

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