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sky

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiao1 xiāo

Meaning


Primary

sky

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn trying to prevent it from burning down. 肖 Sparks come down in the form of 雨 rain from the 霄 sky, and Xena takes her sword and throws it into the 霄 sky in hopes of stopping it. It doesn't do anything. The 雨 rain of 肖 sparks continues from the 霄 sky, and the hay in front of the barn is on fire.