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shào = sh + ao4
surname Shao
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shào = sh + ao4
stimulate to effort
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How to pronounce 劭

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated about 1 month ago
+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

劭 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shào = sh + ao4
surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
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zhào = zh + ao4
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
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= li + Ø4
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
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Characters with 劭 as component

劭 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 劭

to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)
Ke Shaomin (1850-1933), scholar, author of New History of the Yuan Dynasty 新元史[Xin1 Yuan2 shi3]

Sentences with 劭

劭 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shào

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