HSK 6 · Nature

梢 shāo “tip (of a branch)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 梢 means

  1. tip (of a branch)
  2. end
  3. tip of branch

How to say 梢

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale梢shāo1st tone, high and level

梢 in a sentence

  1. 树梢上停着一只小鸟。

    Shùshāo shàng tíng zhe yì zhī xiǎoniǎo.

    A little bird is perched at the top of the tree.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她的眉梢露出了笑意。

    Tā de méishāo lùchū le xiàoyì.

    A smile showed at the tips of her eyebrows.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 梢 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 梢 (shāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
梢shāotip of branch
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with shāo.

How to write 梢

梢 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

梢 (shāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 梢 (shāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 梢

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FAQs

梢 (shāo) means “tip (of a branch)” or “end”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shāo: shāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 梢 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 梢 from the suggestions. Typing shao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
梢 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.