俏
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good-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand; (coll.) to season (food)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 人 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 俏
- Common rank
- #2,954
- Unicode
- U+4FCF
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Formation & memory
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How 俏 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A similar 肖 person 亻; 肖 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
comely · Heisig RSH #2069
人 person + candle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 俏
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老来俏 | old person who dresses up as teenager; mutton dressed as lamb | |
| 俏皮话 | witticism; wisecrack; sarcastic remark; double entendre | |
| 打情骂俏 | to banter flirtatiously (idiom) | |
| 花俏 | fancy; gaudy | |
| 俏美 | charming; pretty | |
| 俏皮 | smart; charming; attractive; witty; facetious; ironic | |
| 走俏 | (a product) sells well; to be in demand | |
| 俏货 | goods that sell well | |
| 俏丽 | handsome; pretty | |
| 紧俏 | (merchandise) in high demand | |
| 讨俏 | deliberately provocative; saucy | |
| 俊俏 | attractive and intelligent; charming; elegant |