蕭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 萧

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiāo
Cantonese: siu1
JapaneseKun: YOMOGI
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: SO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: common artemisia; sighing of wind; mournful; dejected

CE-Dict: miserable/desolate/dreary/Chinese mugwort

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a common variety of artemisia; oxtail southernwood
2.reverent; respectful
3.quiet; lonely; desolate
4.a Chinese family name

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: desolate; dreary

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: desolate; dreary

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蕭艾蒿也。从艸肅聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蕭
【唐韻】蘇彫切【集韻】先凋切，𠀤音簫。艾蒿也。【詩·王風】彼采蕭兮。【疏】今人所謂荻蒿者是也。【禮·郊特牲】蕭合黍稷，臭陽達于牆屋。　又【詩·小雅】蕭蕭馬鳴。【註】聲也。　又【前漢·食貨志】江淮之閒，蕭然煩費。【註】蕭然猶騷然，勞動之貌。　又蕭條，寂寥貌。【宋玉·九辨】蕭瑟兮草木搖落而變衰。【註】隂令促，急風疾暴也。　又【論語】不在顓臾，而在蕭牆之內。【何晏註】蕭之言肅也，牆謂屛也。君臣相見之禮，至屛而加肅敬。　又斧名。【左思·魏都賦】蕭斧戢柯以柙刃。【說文註】蕭斧，芟艾之斧也。　又國名。【左傳·文十四年】宋高哀爲蕭封人。【註】蕭，宋附庸國。　又關名。【前漢·武帝紀】北出蕭關。　又姓。【潛夫論】蕭氏，殷舊姓也。　又叶音修。【毛詩·古音考】冽彼下泉，浸彼苞蕭。叶下周。【屈原·九歌】風颯颯兮木蕭蕭。叶下憂。◎按《周禮·地官·甸師》蕭茅註：鄭讀所六反，至杜子春始讀爲簫。

CF-Dict: triste/désert

Han-De-Dict: traurig (u.E.)/Xiao (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)