Read Edit View history Discussion 箫 xiāo bamboo flute Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 肃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 簫. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 簫 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint ⺮ is a component form of 竹. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 箫 Simp strokes 箫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 箫 Simp strokes 箫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 箫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 296, 834 ], [ 326, 795 ], [ 312, 760 ], [ 199, 625 ] ], [ [ 328, 732 ], [ 507, 756 ] ], [ [ 329, 671 ], [ 385, 610 ] ], [ [ 572, 865 ], [ 598, 822 ], [ 515, 701 ] ], [ [ 601, 764 ], [ 807, 790 ] ], [ [ 618, 704 ], [ 701, 643 ] ], [ [ 342, 559 ], [ 629, 596 ], [ 670, 561 ], [ 621, 441 ] ], [ [ 174, 452 ], [ 761, 518 ], [ 883, 513 ] ], [ [ 317, 387 ], [ 680, 408 ] ], [ [ 455, 669 ], [ 503, 620 ], [ 499, -44 ] ], [ [ 239, 328 ], [ 274, 294 ], [ 256, 128 ], [ 221, 46 ], [ 146, -24 ] ], [ [ 708, 382 ], [ 753, 332 ], [ 752, -52 ] ], [ [ 382, 275 ], [ 403, 236 ], [ 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