麃 (biāo) - Meaning, Stroke Order & Audio

麃

biāo[biao1]Tone 1

to weed

Multiple Readings (多音字):

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Topology:Top-bottom

Strokes:15

Writing Balance Rule: The upper part (鹿) must be proportioned compactly so it does not crush the lower part (炎), maintaining vertical balance.

1. Meaning

to weed

rapid or flying appearancesurname

VerbLiteraryBound morpheme#agriculture#action#botany

Sample Usage

田父将麃
tián fù jiāng biāo
The farmer is about to weed the fields.
麃麃
biāo biāo
Looking swift and imposing (classical).

2. Sound

/[pjɑʊ̯˥˥]/Tone: 55

麃

biāobiao1

¯(55)

=biāo

Build the syllable

Step-by-step blending

biao

Tone mark placement: Tone mark sits on "a" per main-vowel priority (a > e > o; in -iu/-ui the mark takes the second vowel).

Initial Consonant

Type: Unaspirated Bilabial

Sounds like: b as in boy

Unaspirated

Airflow Tactile Test: No burst of air. A tissue in front of lips should stay still.

Tongue & Mouth Position: Lips pressed together firmly, then released cleanly without a burst of breath.

Final Rhyme

iao

Vowel Group: -a vowel group

Sounds like: rhymes with meow

Mouth Shape Guide: Pronounce as standalone vowel 'yow'.

Common Learner Trap: Keep vowel quality steady across all 4 tone contours.

Tone

T1 (55)

5 → 5 (55)

1st Tone (High-Flat)

Tone Pitch & Cadence: Maintains an even, high pitch just like singing a single sustained musical note at the top of your comfortable speaking range.

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Listening trap: Confusing the high flat tone 1 (biāo) with the rising tone 2 (biáo) or dipping tone 3 (biǎo).

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Physical Tone Gesture: A high, flat horizon line drawn in the air at eye level, matching the steady 55 pitch of Tone 1.

3. Writing

Topology: Top-bottom · Strokes: 15 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The upper part (鹿) must be proportioned compactly so it does not crush the lower part (炎), maintaining vertical balance.

4. Components

Radical 鹿 · Deer Radical (deer)

Semantic Clue (形旁): 鹿 (indicates an animal or wild, rustic setting associated with fields and nature)

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 炎 (original sound: biāo / yán)

A deer (鹿) standing amid blazing fires (炎) or intense field heat, signifying the clearing or burning away of wild weeds.

鹿 Deer radical / top element
炎 Twin fires / bottom element

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

2· Phonetic Root: 麃 (biāo)

5. History

Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: Combined from 鹿 (deer) and 炎 (blazing flames), originally depicting swift movement or agricultural clearing practices involving fire and wild terrain.

Semantic Evolution: Shifted from descriptions of fiery speed or deer movement to specific agricultural actions like weeding fields.

Rarely used in modern everyday Mandarin, appearing mostly in classical texts, botanical glosses, or specific surnames.

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7. Memory

Vivid Mnemonic Story

A magnificent deer (鹿) leaps through twin campfires (炎) in the meadow, kicking up dust and rushing to weed (biāo) the overgrown garden.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

藨

biāoused in 藨草[biao1 cao3]+ 艹 (plants)

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Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)

彪(biāo)

彪 has the three-stroke beard/stripe radical (彡) on the right/bottom, while 麃 has twin fires (炎).

8. Mastery

Active Recall Challenge

古代农夫在田间辛苦地[___]杂草。

Clue: biāo

Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing 麃 (biāo) with its visual lookalike 彪 (biāo) due to sharing the same pronunciation.

Memory Prompts

Recognition: What does the rare character 麃 mean, and what are its constituent parts?

Production: How do you write the literary character for 'to weed' (biāo) composed of a deer and fires?

麃biāoto weed

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