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CHINESE CHARACTER

shāo

捎

捎

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to bring sth to sb

Numbered pinyin
shao1
English meanings
to bring sth to sb, to deliver

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 肖.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    肖
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Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

肖 is identified as the sound component (xiào). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 捎.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌肖

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

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Example sentences

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  1. 01

    shāo捎gè个kǒu口xìn信。

    Pass on a message.

  2. 02

    shāo捎dài带mǎi买diǎn点。

    Pick up some on the way.

  3. 03

    shùnshǒu顺手bāngmáng帮忙。

    Help along the way.

  4. 04

    rèxīn热心zhōudào周到。

    Considerate.

  5. 05

    fāngbiàn方便shěngshì省事。

    Convenient.

  6. 06

    jiē皆dà大huān欢xǐ喜。

    All pleased.

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