Chinese symbol for “scabbard”
鞘
qiào
scabbard; sheath
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scabbard is 鞘 (qiào), defined as: scabbard; sheath.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “scabbard”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鞘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出鞘 | chū qiào | (of a sword etc) to unsheath |
| 刀鞘 | dāo qiào | scabbard |
| 鞘翅目 | qiào chì mù | Coleoptera (insect order including beetles) |
| 海鞘 | hǎi qiào | Ascidiacea; sea squirt |
| 叶鞘 (葉鞘) | yè qiào | (botany) leaf sheath |
| 髓鞘 | suǐ qiào | myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scabbard”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.