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琐

瑣
suǒ
adjective #38,226

Meanings

  1. 1 trivial
  2. 2 petty
  3. 3 fragmentary

Examples

每天都被各种琐事占据。
Měitiān dōu bèi gèzhǒng suǒshì zhànjù.
Every day is taken up with all kinds of trivial matters.
他把琐碎的细节一一说明。
Tā bǎ suǒsuì de xìjié yīyī shuō míng.
He explained the trivial details one by one.

Tips

usage
琐 describes small, scattered, tiresome things. Common in 琐事 (trivial matters), 琐碎 (trifling, fragmentary) and 繁琐 (tediously complicated).

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade (left-side form of 玉)
On the left this is the jade radical (left-side form of 玉). The character originally named the tiny tinkling sound of small jade pendants, hence "small, trivial."
semantic
⺌ xiǎo
small (top variant of 小)
The small-top element sits above the shell on the right and reinforces the core idea of smallness and pettiness.
phonetic
贝 bèi
shell; cowrie (money)
The shell 贝 completes the right side, part of the phonetic component that historically gave the sound now read suǒ.

Stroke Order

琐 suǒ