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Keyword
scabbard
  • sheath
Frequency
#3689
Strokes
16
Readings
qiào
Mnemonic
革 (leather) gives the meaning and 肖 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鞘qiào
scabbard; sheath
出鞘chūqiào
(of a sword etc) to unsheath
鞘翅目qiàochìmù
Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
海鞘hǎiqiào
Ascidiacea; sea squirt
叶鞘yèqiào
(botany) leaf sheath
髓鞘suǐqiào
myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
腱鞘炎jiànqiàoyán
tenosynovitis (medicine)
腱鞘jiànqiào
(anatomy) tendon sheath
鞘翅qiàochì
elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
胚芽鞘pēiyáqiào
coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)