枭 — Chinese character
枭
xiāo
owl; evil; brave
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 鸟 木
- Formation
- ideographic — A bird 鸟 roosting in a tree 木
- Traditional
- 梟
Common words with 枭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毒枭 (毒梟) | dú xiāo | drug lord |
| 枭雄 (梟雄) | xiāo xióng | ambitious and ruthless character; formidable person |
| 枭首 (梟首) | xiāo shǒu | to behead |
| 枭首示众 (梟首示眾) | xiāo shǒu shì zhòng | to behead sb and display the head in public |
| 夜枭 (夜梟) | yè xiāo | owl |
| 鸱枭 (鴟梟) | chī xiāo | variant of 鸱鸮 (chī xiāo) |
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.