霄

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firmament; heaven

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To look like 肖 rain 雨; 肖 also provides the pronunciation

Components 雨肖

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
直上云霄	zhí shàng yún xiāo	to soar into the sky
云霄飞车	yún xiāo fēi chē	roller coaster
气冲霄汉	qì chōng xiāo hàn	(idiom) dauntless; courageous; spirited
罗霄山	Luó xiāo Shān	Luoxiao Mountains, mountain range straddling the border between Jiangxi and Hunan
九霄云外	jiǔ xiāo yún wài	beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away
云霄县	Yún xiāo Xiàn	Yunxiao, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
九重霄	jiǔ chóng xiāo	ninth heaven; Highest Heaven
重霄	chóng xiāo	ninth heaven; Highest Heaven
霄壤之别	xiāo rǎng zhī bié	see 天壤之別\|天壤之别[tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2]
凌霄花	líng xiāo huā	Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
云霄	Yún xiāo	see 雲霄縣\|云霄县[Yun2 xiao1 Xian4]
云霄	yún xiāo	(the) skies
霄汉	xiāo hàn	the sky; the heavens; (fig.) imperial court