shāo, shào
little
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 稍
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
somewhat | ||
a little bit | ||
in a moment | ||
somewhat | ||
Taiwan pr. [shāoxī] |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[s](ˤ)rew-s | sraewH | shào | rations |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 34.0381% of movies
1161st most common character in movies
1373rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+7A0D |
Shuowen | “稍，出物有漸也。从禾，肖聲。” |
Sources
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