Chinese Character 肖 Meanings and components.

Form

肖

Meaning

肖 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xiao.

Taiwan Pr. [Xiao4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 肖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are small (小) , and moon (月)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with FB

How to write 肖

To write肖xiao4surname Xiao you should write a combination of 小xiao3small , 月yue4moon arranged in a 吕 shape:

小 + 月 = 肖

肖 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

肖
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiao . Taiwan Pr. [Xiao4]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

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

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

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