悄

qiāo
#1,432 most
frequent character
used in 悄悄[qiao1 qiao1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

悄 pairs 忄 heart or feeling with 肖 xiào as the sound part. It first meant 'depressed'. From there it grew to 'sad and quiet'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

悄qiǎo
quiet, sad

Homophones

HSK 4
敲qiāo
extort, knock, to strike

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