biāo

dart

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

票 sound component

  Sound component

piào

  

slip of paper or bamboo

Evolution

镖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
镖 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
镖 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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biāo

dart, spear, harpoon; escort; throwing weapon; dart; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort

Most common words with 镖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

保镖

bodyguard

dart

飞镖

darts (game)

镖客

armed escort (of travelers or merchants' caravans)

梭镖

spear