潇 (xiāo): (of water) deep and clear
潇 (xiāo) is a Chinese character meaning “(of water) deep and clear.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 萧 (phonetic). It ranks #2843 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 潇 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- (of water) deep and clear
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潇洒adjective | xiāo sǎ | confident and at ease |
| 潇潇细雨 | xiāo xiāo xì yǔ | soft, misty rain |
| 潇湘proper-noun | xiāo xiāng | other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江 in Hunan province |
| 潇潇adjective | xiāo xiāo | (of wind and rain) howling and pounding |
潇 appears in 4 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 潇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的潇边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng 澈 de xiāo biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play along the clear banks of the river, catching little fish and shrimp.
屠潇是云南人，多次到位于云南省普洱市澜沧拉祜族自治县的景迈山采风、旅游。
tú xiāo shì yún nán rén , duō cì dào wèi yú yún nán shěng pǔ ěr shì lán cāng lā 祜 zú zì zhì xiàn de jǐng mài shān cǎi fēng , lǚ yóu .
Tu Xiao is from Yunnan and has visited Jingmai Mountain, located in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, on numerous occasions for field research and tourism.
影片由崔景宣执导，凌潇肃、余男、郭晓东、吴若甫、程莉莎、王韬出演。
yǐng piàn yóu 崔 jǐng xuān zhí dǎo , líng xiāo sù , yú nán , guō xiǎo dōng , wú ruò fǔ , chéng lì 莎 , wáng tāo chū yǎn .
The film is directed by Cui Jingxuan and stars Ling Xiaosu, Yu Nan, Guo Xiaodong, Wu Ruofu, Cheng Lisha, and Wang Tao.
窦骁、翟子路分别饰演刘红兵与封潇潇，成为忆秦娥青春岁月里的情感印记。
Dòu 骁 , 翟 zǐ lù fēn bié shì yǎn liú hóng bīng yǔ fēng xiāo xiāo , chéng wéi yì qín é qīng chūn suì yuè lǐ de qíng gǎn yìn jì .
Dou Xiao and Zhai Zilu play Liu Hongbing and Feng Xiaoxiao, respectively, becoming emotional landmarks in Yi Qin'e's youth.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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