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潇

瀟
xiāo
adjective #88,836

Meanings

  1. 1 natural and unrestrained
  2. 2 (of water) deep and clear

Examples

HSK 7-9
他举止潇洒。
Tā jǔzhǐ xiāosǎ.
He carries himself in a free and easy manner.
HSK 7-9
潇水和湘江在湖南汇合。
Xiāoshuǐ hé Xiāngjiāng zài Húnán huìhé.
The Xiao and Xiang rivers meet in Hunan.

Tips

usage
Most familiar in 潇洒 (free, elegant, unrestrained) and 潇湘, the poetic name for the Xiang River region in Hunan. Its root sense is water that is deep and clear.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
Left 氵 is the water radical 水 in left-side form. The original sense is deep, clear water; it also names the Xiao River.
phonetic
萧 xiāo
desolate; phonetic
Right 萧 supplies the sound exactly (xiāo = xiāo). The same phonetic anchors 箫 (vertical flute) and 啸 (to whistle, howl).

Stroke Order

潇 xiāo