| 蕭 | |||
| common artemisia; sighing of wind; mournful; dejected | |||
| Radical | 䒑艸艹艹艹 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 12 | Total Strokes | 18 |
| Mandarin reading |
Warning: Undefined array key 1 in /home/public/library.php on line 83 xiāo |
Cantonese reading | siu1 |
| Japanese on reading | shou | Japanese kun reading | yomogi |
| Korean reading | so | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 萧 | ||
| 蕭 | [ ] surname Xiao |
| 蕭 | [ ] miserable, desolate, dreary, Chinese mugwort |
| 蕭一山 | [ yī shān ] Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty |
| 蕭乾 | [ qián ] Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator |
| 蕭伯納 | [ bó nà ] George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer |
| 蕭何 | [ hé ] Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] |
| 蕭子顯 | [ zǐ xiǎn ] Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] |
| 蕭山 | [ shān ] Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang |
| 蕭山區 | [ shān qū ] Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang |
| 蕭梁 | [ liáng ] Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557) |
| 蕭條 | [ ] bleak, desolate, (economic) depression or slump |
| 蕭灑 | [ sǎ ] variant of 瀟灑|潇洒[xiao1 sa3] |
| 蕭然 | [ rán ] desolate, empty |
| 蕭牆 | [ qiáng ] (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture |
| 蕭瑟 | [ sè ] to rustle in the air, to rustle, to sough, bleak, desolate, chilly |
| 蕭紅 | [ hóng ] Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang |
| 蕭索 | [ suǒ ] bleak, desolate, melancholy |
| 蕭縣 | [ xiàn ] Xiao county in Suzhou 宿州[Su4 zhou1], Anhui |
| 蕭萬長 | [ wàn cháng ] Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012 |
| 蕭規曹隨 | [ guī caó suí ] lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom), fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor, to follow precedent |
| 蕭邦 | [ bāng ] (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer |
| ⇒ 四壁蕭然 | [ sì bì rán ] four bare walls |
| ⇒ 大蕭條 | [ dà ] the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939) |
| ⇒ 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 | [ chéng yě hé baì yě hé ] lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1], fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor |
| ⇒ 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 | [ chéng yě hé baì yě hé ] lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1], fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor |
| ⇒ 排蕭 | [ paí ] panpipe |
| ⇒ 經濟蕭條 | [ jīng jì ] economic depression |