xiāo

owl thus

A bird  roosting in a tree 

Components
鳥 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

Evolution

梟 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
梟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
梟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
梟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xiāo

an owl; thus, something evil; owl; valiant; trafficker

Most common words with 梟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毒枭

drug pusher

owl

枭雄

formidable person

枭首

to behead

枭首示众

to behead sb and display the head in public

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.0412% of movies

3274th most common character in movies

3885th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

Unicode

U+689F

Shuowen

“梟,不孝鳥也。日至,捕梟磔之。从鳥頭在木上。”


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