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缟
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white

HSK 10
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gǎo
コウ
しま、しろぎぬ
호
Components
糹 silk+ 高 tall =
縞 white
糹 Meaning component
mì
silk
silk
高 Phonetic component
gāo tall
high, tall
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Notes
Similar Characters
总 altogether (simp)絕 discontinue (trad)絲 silk (trad)糾 entangle (trad/jp)紀 epoch (trad/jp)紂 name of an emperor (trad)約 make an appointment (trad/jp)紅 red (trad/jp)紆 bend (trad)紈 white (trad)紉 thread (trad)紋 design (trad/jp)納 let in (trad/jp)紐 new (trad)紓 relieve (trad)純 unadulterated (trad/jp)紕 spoiled (trad)紗 yarn (trad)紙 paper (trad/jp)級 rank (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
缟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
缟 / 縞 [gǎo]
plain white silk
Japanese
縞 しま 同音

noun

  1. stripe; bar; streak
  2. (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors) (also formerly written as 島 and 嶋)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
あのグリーンの縞のシャツ、今洗濯してるん？
Is that green striped shirt in the wash?
Japanese Names
縞 こう
Kō female given name
縞 しま
Shima surname
CHINESE WORDS (2)
缟素 [gǎo​sù] #62,441
white silk mourning dress
缟玛瑙 [gǎo​mǎ​nǎo]
onyx
JAPANESE WORDS (56)
縞模様 [しまもよう] #42,169
striped pattern
縦縞 [たてじま] #65,533
vertical stripes
縞々 [しましま] #69,246
striped
横縞 [よこじま] #79,214
horizontal stripes
縞柄 [しまがら] #81,309
striped pattern
格子縞 [こうしじま] #93,862
check(ed) pattern
棒縞 [ぼうじま] #112,466
stripes
縞瑪瑙 [しまめのう] #123,993
onyx
縞物 [しまもの] #127,656
striped cloth
干渉縞 [かんしょうじま] #161,219
interference fringes
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