屑
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bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 尸 +7
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 屑
- Common rank
- #2,577
- Unicode
- U+5C51
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 屑
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火山碎屑流 | pyroclastic flow | |
| 头皮屑 | dandruff | |
| 不屑一顾 | to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom) | |
| 面包屑 | breadcrumbs | |
| 火成碎屑 | pyroclastic | |
| 银屑病 | psoriasis | |
| 五彩纸屑 | confetti | |
| 碎屑沉积物 | clastic sediment | |
| 不屑 | to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity | |
| 木屑 | wood shavings; sawdust | |
| 碎屑岩 | clastic rock (geology) | |
| 岩屑 | (rock) debris; scree | |
| 末屑 | bits; scraps | |
| 纤屑 | fine detail | |
| 碎屑 | fragments; particles | |
| 煤屑 | coal dust; coal slack | |
| 琐屑 | trivial matters; petty things |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肖 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肖 sound part | to resemble, to look like; to be like | |
| 消 | news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish | |
| 销 | to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell | |
| 哨 | to whistle; to chirp | |
| 削 | to pare, to scrape, to trim | |
| 硝 | saltpeter; to tan leather | |
| 宵 | night, evening, darkness | |
| 鞘 | scabbard, sheath | |
| 梢 | the tip of a branch; rudder | |
| 悄 | quiet, silent, still; anxious | |
| 筲 | basket, bucket | |
| 蛸 | octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest | |
| 峭 | steep, precipitous, rugged | |
| 逍 | to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter | |
| 捎 | to carry, to take; to select | |
| 艄 | the stern of a ship | |
| 魈 | mischievious mountain spirit | |
| 诮 | to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize | |
| 绡 | raw silk |