Chinese Word: 筲 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

筲 (Trad.: 䈰)

Pinyin: shāo

English Definition: basket; bucket; pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲

Chinese Definition:
①一种盛饭用的竹筐：筲箕。斗(dǒu)筲(喻才短量浅)。
②水桶：水筲。一筲水。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 竹

Pictophonetic:肖 indicates the sound; ⺮ (bamboo) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
- 肖 [ xiào ] to resemble, to look like; to be like

Similar Characters: 肓

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筲箕	shāo jī	bamboo basket for rice-washing
斗筲	dǒu shāo	an ancient bamboo container; narrow-mindedness
斗筲之人	dǒu shāo zhī rén	a small-minded person; a bean-counter
斗筲之器	dǒu shāo zhī qì	person narrow-minded and shortsighted
斗筲之材	dǒu shāo zhī cái	person of limited capacity