shāo

technical
noun
dialect

Meaning of

鞘 means whip thong; leather strap on a whip. Pronounced shāo.

  • whip thong; leather strap on a whip

Character Info

Radical
Strokes18
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

yòng
shuǎi
dòng
biān
zi
 
ràng
shāor
chōu
de
kōng
zuò
xiǎng
 
 

He swung the whip hard, making the leather thong crack through the air.

mín
de
biān
zi
shāor
sǔn
de
hěn
hai
 
 

The whip thong of the herdsman's whip is badly worn.

Zhè
gēn
jiù
biān
de
shāor
shì
yòng
niú
zuò
de
 
 

The thong on this old horsewhip is made of cowhide.

huàn
le
gēn
xīn
de
biān
shāor
 
 

He replaced the old whip thong with a new one.

Chuán
tǒng
de
gǎn
chē
biān
huì
zài
shāor
duān
shàng
hóng
yīng
 
 

Traditional carriage whips often have red tassels tied to the end of their thongs.

Measure Words

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