霄 — Chinese character
霄
xiāo
clouds, mist; sky
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Radical
- 173 ⾬ (Rain)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 雨 肖
- Formation
- ideographic — To look like 肖 rain 雨; 肖 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 霄 as a kanji
Common words with 霄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 云霄 (雲霄) | yún xiāo | (the) skies |
| 云霄飞车 (雲霄飛車) | yún xiāo fēi chē | roller coaster |
| 九霄云外 (九霄雲外) | jiǔ xiāo yún wài | beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away |
| 霄汉 (霄漢) | xiāo hàn | the sky; the heavens |
| 直上云霄 (直上雲霄) | zhí shàng yún xiāo | to soar into the sky |
| 凌霄花 | líng xiāo huā | Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) |
| 重霄 | chóng xiāo | ninth heaven; Highest Heaven |
| 九重霄 | jiǔ chóng xiāo | ninth heaven; Highest Heaven |
| 气冲霄汉 (氣沖霄漢) | qì chōng xiāo hàn | (idiom) dauntless; courageous; spirited |
| 霄壤之别 (霄壤之別) | xiāo rǎng zhī bié | see 天壤之别 (tiān rǎng zhī bié) |
English words written with 霄
霄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
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.