哨 — Chinese character
哨
shào
to whistle; to chirp
- Pinyin
- shào
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 口 肖
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 肖
- Japanese
- 哨 as a kanji
Common words with 哨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前哨 | qián shào | outpost; (fig.) front line |
| 哨兵 | shào bīng | sentinel |
| 口哨 | kǒu shào | whistle |
| 哨子 | shào zi | whistle |
| 吹哨 | chuī shào | to blow a whistle; to whistle |
| 花哨 | huā shao | garish; gaudy |
| 哨所 | shào suǒ | watchhouse; sentry post |
| 岗哨 (崗哨) | gǎng shào | lookout post; sentry post; sentry |
| 放哨 | fàng shào | to keep watch; to do sentry duty |
| 吹口哨 | chuī kǒu shào | to whistle |
| 观察哨 (觀察哨) | guān chá shào | sentry post |
| 花里胡哨 (花裡胡哨) | huā li hú shào | gaudy; flashy (but without substance) |
English words written with 哨
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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