1234567891011121314Keywordbamboo fluteFrequency#3860Strokes14ReadingsxiāoMnemonic⺮ (bamboo) gives the meaning and 肃 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of⺮bamboo肃solemnUsed in vocabulary吹箫chuīxiāoto play the xiao 箫 (xiāo), a vertical bamboo flute; (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吴市吹箫 (wúshìchuīxiāo)); (slang) to give a blowjob箫xiāoxiao, a vertical bamboo flute排箫páixiāopanpipes笙箫shēngxiāoreed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute