The Chinese Radical: 肖


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Meaning
alike, resemble    肖

Explanation The small 小 bodies 月 are alike.

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
somewhat, a little, a bit
shāo
Left: rice plant 禾, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
All rice plants are alike, at least somewhat a little bit.  
HSK 4
to disappear, to vanish, to eliminate
xiāo
Left: water 氵, right: alike/resemble sb. 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
(It evaporates!) Water or alikes can disappear.  
HSK 5
to melt (metal), to cancel, to sell, to spent, bolt
xiāo
Left: metal 钅(=金 covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Metal and alikes can be melted, sold or used as a bolt.  
HSK 5
quiet, sad
qiǎo
Left: feelings 忄, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Feelings, that are alike are quietness and sadness.  
HSK 6
to peel, scrape, reduce, shave, to cut (down)
xiāo, xuē
Left: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.), right: knife 刂
Small bodies are cut with a knife, when scraping, whittling or peeling.  
HSK 6
similar, to resemble, to be like
xiào
Top: var. of small 小, below: body 月/肉
Small bodies are alike.  
HSK 6
sentry, lookout post, a whistle
shào
Left: mouth 口, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
(You do not need a strong body to sound the alarm:) He has a mouth, but a small body: The sentry.  
HSK 6
bits, trivial, fragments, crumbs, filings, trifling
xiè
Left: buttocks 尸, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Like from the buttocks, the small bodies are trivial bits.  
HSK 6
tip of branch
shāo
Left: tree 木, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.)
The trees are alike at the tips of the branches. Or: The three has small bodies at the tip of the branches.  
HSK 6
high and steep, precipitous, severe or stern
qiào
Left: mountain 山, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Mountains are alike if they are high and steep.  
HSK 6
night
xiāo
Top: house 宀, bottom: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
The houses look alike in the night.  
HSK 6
to deliver, to bring sth to sb
shāo
Left: hand 手, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
In his hand is a small body/object to: deliver.  
no HSK
smart, good-looking
qiào
Left: person 亻, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
(IQ-test or memory-game:) Persons, who detect the alikes are smart.  
no HSK
scabbard, sheath
qiào
Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Made of leather and similar (to the sword:) The sword's scabbard.  
no HSK
saltpeter, to tan (leather)
xiāo
Left: stone 石, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
To a stone this looks 'alike', but it is: nitrate/saltpeter.  
no HSK
firmament, heaven
xiāo
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
The rain is alike (everywhere) in the firmament.  
no HSK
easy-going, to loiter, leisurely, to stroll, ramble
xiāo
Left: movement 辶, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
If the movement is like 'small bodies', you are loitering easy-going.  

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