懂中文 Dong Chinese

鞘

qiào

scabbard

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components
革 meaning component

革  Meaning component

gé

  

leather

肖 sound component

肖  Sound component

xiào, xiāo

  

look like

Evolution

鞘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鞘  

qiào

scabbard, sheath; scabbard; sheath

Most common words with 鞘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鞘

scabbard

出鞘

(of a sword etc) to unsheath

刀鞘

scabbard

髓鞘

myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)

海鞘

Ascidiacea