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Character « 鞘 »

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Character
鞘
(16 stroke)
Radical
革
(+7 stroke)
Pinyin
qiào
shāo

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Sijiao49527
UnicodeU+9798

鞘 (鞘) qiào

General meaning
Definitions
Vocabulary

◎ 装刀、剑的套子：刀～。剑～。

Noun

(形声。从革,肖声。革,去毛并经过加工的兽皮。本义:刀剑套)
同本义 [sheath;scabbard]。如:刀鞘;刺刀鞘;剑鞘;鞘里藏刀(刀剑套中藏着刀,比喻暗怀杀心);鞘室(刀剑套,又称鞘子)
古时贮银以便转运的空心木筒 [cylinder]。如:鞘马子(装银钱的木筒);饷鞘(贮银木筒);鞘段(分段转运的饷鞘)
另见 shāo

刀鞘 dāo qiào
[sheath] 装刀用的套,通常用皮革或金属制作
腱鞘 jiàn qiào
1. [epitendineum;tendon sheath]∶包裹在腱上的白色纤维组织
2. [peritendineum]∶肌腱的结缔组织鞘
叶鞘 ( 葉鞘 ) yè qiào
[leaf sheath] 稻、麦、稗草等叶子裹在茎上的部分