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梢

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tip of branch

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
11
Radical
木 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
梢
Common rank
#2,992
Unicode
U+68A2

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 梢 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 肖 sound ( xiào )

Components 木 肖

How to remember it

treetops · Heisig RSH #1568

木 tree + candle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 梢

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

WordPinyinMeaning
末梢神经 mò shāo shén jīng peripheral nerve
梢公 shāo gōng variant of 艄公[shao1 gong1]
发梢 fà shāo hair ends
眼梢 yǎn shāo corner of eye near temple
白尾梢虹雉 bái wěi shāo hóng zhì (bird species of China) Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri)
后梢 hòu shāo stern (of a boat)
尾梢 wěi shāo the tip; the end; the very end
树梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree; treetop
眉梢 méi shāo tip of brow
末梢 mò shāo tip; end; last few days
钉梢 dīng shāo old variant of 盯梢[ding1 shao1]
盯梢 dīng shāo to follow sb; to tail; to shadow

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
肖 sound part xiào to resemble, to look like; to be like
消 xiāo news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
销 xiāo to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell
哨 shào to whistle; to chirp
削 xiāo to pare, to scrape, to trim
硝 xiāo saltpeter; to tan leather
屑 xiè bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile
宵 xiāo night, evening, darkness
鞘 qiào scabbard, sheath
悄 qiǎo quiet, silent, still; anxious
筲 shāo basket, bucket
蛸 shāo octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest
峭 qiào steep, precipitous, rugged
逍 xiāo to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter
捎 shāo to carry, to take; to select
艄 shāo the stern of a ship
魈 xiāo mischievious mountain spirit
诮 qiào to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize
绡 xiāo raw silk