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to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “metal” + 肖 sound ( xiào )

Components 钅肖

put up for sale · Heisig RSH #1615

metal + candle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
行销长	xíng xiāo zhǎng	(Tw) chief marketing officer (CMO)
实报实销	shí bào shí xiāo	to be reimbursed for actual expenses
病毒性营销	bìng dú xìng yíng xiāo	viral marketing; see also 病毒營銷\|病毒营销[bing4 du2 ying2 xiao1]
置入性行销	zhì rù xìng xíng xiāo	product placement
分销商	fēn xiāo shāng	distributor
销子	xiāo zi	a peg; a pin; dowel
市场营销	shì chǎng yíng xiāo	marketing
病毒式营销	bìng dú shì yíng xiāo	viral marketing; see also 病毒營銷\|病毒营销[bing4 du2 ying2 xiao1]
经销商	jīng xiāo shāng	dealer; seller; distributor; broker; agency; franchise (i.e. company); retail outlet
花销	huā xiāo	to spend (money); expenses
行销	xíng xiāo	to sell; to market; marketing
销行	xiāo xíng	to sell; to be on sale; to be sold
分销	fēn xiāo	distribution; retail store
主销	zhǔ xiāo	kingpin (vehicle part); to focus one's marketing efforts on (a region, product etc)
开销	kāi xiāo	to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)
外销	wài xiāo	to export; to sell abroad
销售时点情报系统	xiāo shòu shí diǎn qíng bào xì tǒng	point of sale system
薄利多销	bó lì duō xiāo	small profit but rapid turnover
病毒营销	bìng dú yíng xiāo	viral marketing
销路	xiāo lù	sale; market; state of the market; sales event

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
肖 sound part	xiào	to resemble, to look like; to be like
消	xiāo	news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
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
梢	shāo	the tip of a branch; rudder
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