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哨 (shào): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 6

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HSK 3.0Vocab 7-9 Recognition 7-9 Writing 7-9

1.

Animated Stroke Order 哨

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How to write 哨 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 哨

哨 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

哨

口kǒu · mouth

肖xiào · resemble

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4.

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5.

Example Sentences

tā他

chuī吹

zhe着

kǒu口

shào哨

zǒu走

guò

Information

Pinyinshào

Meaningsentry; whistle; chirp

Strokes10

Radical口

Traditional哨

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2082

Zhuyinㄕㄠˋ

UnicodeU+54E8

CangjieRYRB

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口kǒu · mouth

+肖xiào · resemble

过

jiē街

dào道

。

He whistled as he walked down the street

tā他

zài在

mén门

kǒu口

zhàn站

shào哨

。

He is standing sentry at the door.

shào哨

bīng兵

zài在

biān边

jìng境

xiàn线

shàng上

xún巡

luó逻

。

The sentry patrols along the border

Lǎo老

shī师

yòng用

shào哨

zi子

zhǐ指

huī挥

xué学

shēng生

jí集

hé合

。

The teacher used a whistle to direct the students to gather.

mén门

kǒu口

yǒu有

yī一

gè个

gǎng岗

shào哨

。

There is a guard post at the entrance.

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