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琐

瑣
suǒ
adjective #38,226

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 6
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.
HSK 6
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