霄(xiāo)

15 strokes

firmament

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Character information

Pinyin
xiāo
Meaning
firmament; heaven
Strokes
15
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 霄 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱雨肖

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

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

雨yǔ肖xiào

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 霄 step by step

15 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 霄

Common words using 霄 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tōng通xiāo霄

Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗县, north…

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zhòng重xiāo霄

ninth heaven; Highest Heaven

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yún云xiāo霄

see 云霄县

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jiǔ九xiāo霄yún云wài外

beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)

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qì气chōng冲xiāo霄hàn汉

(idiom) dauntless; courageous; spirited

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xiāo霄rǎng壤zhī之bié别

see 天壤之别

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Related characters

From 霄’s common words

通重云九外气冲汉

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