Definition & Meaning

2.hang (a person's chopped-off head) for public display; display a decapitated head

3.brave; valiant; fierce and ambitious

4.head; chief; ringleader

5.salt smuggler

Words & phrases

Similar-form characters

Characters with xiao

xiāo

枭

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Structure:Above to below

Strokes:

8

Traditional:

梟

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1
n.owl
- xiāo niǎo
  枭鸟
  owl
- diāo xiāo
  雕枭
  eagle owl
2
v.fmlhang (a person's chopped-off head) for public display; display a decapitated head
- xiāo shǒu
  枭首
  display a decapitated head
3
adj.fmlbrave; valiant; fierce and ambitious
- xiāo xióng
  枭雄
  fierce and ambitious generation
4
n.fmlhead; chief; ringleader
- dú xiāo
  毒枭
  drug lord
5
n.fmlsalt smuggler
- yán xiāo zǒu sī
  盐枭走私
  salt smuggling

Words and phrases with 枭

枭雄
[word]powerful and ambitious person
枭将
[word]valiant general
枭首
[word]cut off a person's head and hang it up for public display
枭首示众
[idiom]expose a cut-off head to public view as a warning

Similar-form characters to 枭

xiāo
枭
dǎo
岛
niǎo
袅
fú
凫

Chinese Characters with pinyin xiāo

消
disappear;pass in a leisurely way
销
melt; cancel
萧
desolate; a surname
潇
deep and clear
硝
nitre; tan

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