捎 (shāo): to bring sth to sb, to deliver

捎 (shāo) is a Chinese character meaning “to bring sth to sb.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 肖 (phonetic). It ranks #2942 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 捎 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 扌 hand10 strokesFrequency #2942扌 semantic肖 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to bring sth to sb
  2. to deliver

Etymology & Origin

捎

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Decomposition: ⿰扌肖 (layout: left-right)

Components:扌semantic肖phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
捎来shāo láito bring sth to sb (news etc)
捎信shāo xìnto take a letter
2
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

捎 appears in 2 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 捎 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

给gěi
0.390156 co-occurrences
信xìn
0.387336 co-occurrences
带dài
0.385162 co-occurrences
托tuō
0.34896 co-occurrences
话huà
0.34154 co-occurrences
息xī
0.33484 co-occurrences
句jù
0.33130 co-occurrences
夏xià
0.32472 co-occurrences
消xiāo
0.31572 co-occurrences
去qù
0.29078 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

他捎了一个电话，约朋友晚上一起吃饭。

tā shāo le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .

He made a phone call to invite his friend out for dinner that evening.

Character Family

扌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hand radical

挨āi按àn扒bā拔bá把bǎ摆bǎi扳bān搬bān扮bàn拌bàn

Related Characters

手shǒu打dǎ找zhǎo拿ná才cái护hù报bào拉lā挺tǐng换huàn

Homophones — Characters pronounced shāo

梢shāo哨shào烧shāo

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 捎 (shāo) mean in Chinese?
捎 (shāo) primarily means "to bring sth to sb." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2942 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 捎 and 消?
捎 (shāo) and 消 (xiāo) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 扌 vs 氵 (same 肖 component).
How many strokes does 捎 have?
捎 is written with 10 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 捎?
The radical associated with 捎 is 扌 (hand). This radical appears in many characters related to hand.
What are the components of 捎?
捎 is composed of: 扌 (semantic), 肖 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰扌肖 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 捎?
Common words with 捎 include: 捎来 (shāo lái, "to bring sth to sb (news etc)"); 捎信 (shāo xìn, "to take a letter"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 捎 (shāo)?
Several characters share the pronunciation shāo: 梢 (tip of branch), 哨 (a whistle), 烧 (to burn, to cook). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 捎 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 捎 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.