xiāo

owl thus

xiāo
owl
(bound form) any of various birds of prey from the order Strigiformes, such as the xiāo; traditionally considered a bird of ill omen or a bird that eats its mother
leader
(bound form) a leader of an illegal group or a criminal kingpin; often used for drug lords or smugglers
brave
(bound form) valiant; fierce; physically strong and ambitious
to behead
(literary) to behead a person and display the head on a pole
surname
a Chinese surname
mountain peak
(literary) a mountain top or summit

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency

Character
Written text
3,885th most common 3.30 per million
Movie subtitles
3,274th most common 2.18 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.600 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.35 per million

Details

Simplified
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+689F

Sources