xiào

similar

resembling; to resemble; to be like

small shape (⺌) + flesh (⺼) = a body that looks like another

The flesh radical (⺼) carries the meaning: a body that resembles another body. ⺌ is largely a phonetic or collapsed shape here, not adding semantic weight.

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A flattened form of 小 meaning smallPhonetic
Variant of 肉Semantic

这幅画酷她本人。

zhè fú huà kù xiào tā běn rén。

this painting closely resembles her in person.

这张照片逼原物,几乎看不出区别。

zhè zhāng zhào piàn bī xiào yuán wù,jī hū kàn bu chū qū bié。

this photo so closely resembles the original that you can hardly tell the difference.

Words with 肖

逼肖

bī xiào

to bear a close resemblance to

酷肖

kù xiào

to strikingly resemble

不肖

bù xiào

(literary) unlike one's parents

努瓦克肖特

nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tè

Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania

惟妙惟肖

wéi miào wéi xiào

to imitate to perfection

生肖

shēng xiào

one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]

生肖属相

shēng xiào shǔ xiàng

birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)

毕肖

bì xiào

to resemble closely

维妙维肖

wéi miào wéi xiào

to imitate to perfection

肖伯纳

xiāo bó nà

Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright

肖似

xiào sì

to resemble

肖像

xiào xiàng

portrait (painting, photo etc)

More characters with ⺌