Chinese Character 箫 Meanings and components.

Form

箫

Meaning

箫 meaning[3] in English

Xiao, A Chinese Musical Instrument Of Ancient Times, Similar To Panpipes.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 箫 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and surname Su (肃)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HLX

How to write 箫

To write箫xiao1xiao, a … you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 肃su4surname Su arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 肃 = 箫

箫 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 箫 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 箫, looks as follow:

箫
Pinyin:xiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Xiao, A Chinese Musical Instrument Of Ancient Times, Similar To Panpipes
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
肃
Pinyin:su4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Su
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 箫in English or Chinese