qiāoqiǎo

silent

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

肖 sound component

  Sound component

xiàoxiāo

  

look like

Evolution

悄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
悄 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
悄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qiāo

silent, quiet, still; anxious; see 悄悄[qiāo​qiāo]

 

qiǎo

quiet; sad

Most common words with 悄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

悄悄

quietly

悄然

quietly

悄悄话

whisperings

悄无声息

quietly

quietly

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 5.3340% of movies

2098th most common character in movies

1434th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6084

Shuowen

“悄,憂也。从心,肖聲。《詩》曰:‘憂心悄悄。’”


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