Read Edit View history 肖 Xiāoxiào HSK7 look like Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the moon (月) getting smaller (小) and disappearing as part of the lunar cycle. Based on the original meaning "decrease, disappear", now written as 消. The meaning later shifted to "resemble; similar". Pinyin Separate values with commas xiào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 肖 Simp strokes 肖 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 肖 Simp strokes 肖 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 肖 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 447, 813 ], [ 491, 776 ], [ 482, 557 ], [ 465, 537 ] ], [ [ 249, 701 ], [ 331, 645 ], [ 354, 604 ] ], [ [ 697, 792 ], [ 715, 767 ], [ 719, 744 ], [ 575, 631 ] ], [ [ 300, 519 ], [ 324, 498 ], [ 332, 481 ], [ 335, 392 ], [ 317, 207 ], [ 290, 96 ], [ 286, 37 ] ], [ [ 361, 507 ], [ 374, 498 ], [ 389, 498 ], [ 608, 546 ], [ 627, 541 ], [ 659, 509 ], [ 657, 443 ], [ 672, 138 ], [ 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401 281 172 Q 272 147 260 127 Q 241 93 267 43 Q 268 40 273 35 Q 280 20 292 26 Q 332 53 342 187 Q 343 206 344 222 L 346 245 Z", "M 367 474 Q 368 475 373 476 Q 467 504 584 525 Q 602 528 611 517 Q 621 511 626 462 Q 642 296 635 106 Q 635 78 625 70 Q 610 57 528 64 Q 512 65 514 55 Q 515 48 530 44 Q 605 7 645 -24 Q 667 -42 680 -39 Q 693 -35 702 -6 Q 715 40 709 107 Q 688 347 687 436 Q 687 473 697 496 Q 709 517 699 528 Q 689 541 643 564 Q 624 574 606 568 Q 572 556 501 538 L 460 529 Q 406 519 353 511 C 323 506 338 465 367 474 Z", "M 355 354 Q 382 344 456 356 Q 496 363 540 371 Q 567 375 571 380 Q 578 387 574 394 Q 568 404 543 411 Q 518 415 492 406 Q 462 397 430 390 Q 396 383 357 380 C 327 378 326 362 355 354 Z", "M 344 222 Q 380 204 443 216 Q 492 225 543 233 Q 570 239 574 242 Q 583 249 579 257 Q 572 267 546 275 Q 518 282 491 271 Q 460 262 428 255 Q 391 248 349 246 Q 345 246 346 245 C 316 240 317 234 344 222 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle 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