标

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mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 9
Radical: 木 +5
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 标
Common rank: #345
Unicode: U+6807

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Formation & memory

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How 标 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 票 sound ( piào )

Components 木示

How to remember it

mark · Heisig RSH #905

木 tree + altar

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 标

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
治标不治本	zhì biāo bù zhì běn	to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
美国国家标准学会	Měi guó Guó jiā Biāo zhǔn Xué huì	American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
二重下标	èr chóng xià biāo	double subscript; doubly indexed
德国标准化学会	Dé guó Biāo zhǔn huà Xué huì	Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN); German Institute for Standardization
国标	guó biāo	national standard (abbr. for 國家標準\|国家标准[guo2 jia1 biao1 zhun3]); international standard bal…
标音法	biāo yīn fǎ	phonetic transcription; system of representing spoken sounds
中标	zhòng biāo	to win a tender; to win a bid
地标	dì biāo	landmark
标地	biāo dì	plot of land
定标器	dìng biāo qì	scaler
目标市场	mù biāo shì chǎng	target market
标金	biāo jīn	standard gold bar; deposit when submitting a tender
上标	shàng biāo	superscript
标会	biāo huì	private loan association where money is allocated through bidding; meeting of such an asso…
标高	biāo gāo	elevation; level
万国音标	Wàn guó Yīn biāo	International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
下标	xià biāo	subscript; suffix; index
风标	fēng biāo	wind vane; anemometer; weathercock; fig. person who switches allegiance readily; turncoat
标语	biāo yǔ	written slogan; placard; CL:幅[fu2],張\|张[zhang1],條\|条[tiao2]
光标	guāng biāo	cursor (computing)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 票 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
票 sound part	piào	bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper
飘	piāo	to drift, to float, to flutter
漂	piāo	to drift, to float; to be tossed about; bleach
瓢	piáo	a ladle made from a dried gourd
膘	biāo	sfat; rump
镖	biāo	spear, harpoon, dart; to escort
嫖	piáo	to patronize a prostitute; to frequent
嘌	piào	fast, speedy
缥	piǎo	dim, misty, indistinct; a silk veil
剽	piāo	to rob, to plunder, to slice off; nimble, quick
螵	piāo	chrysalis
鳔	biào	swim bladder
摽	biāo	to sign, to signal; to throw
瘭	biāo	whitlow
瞟	piǎo	to squint, to glare, to look askance
骠	piào	charger, steed; swift, valiant