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硝
xiāo

saltpeter

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsew

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang