邵 (siu6 | shao4) : a Chinese family name

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邵

siu6

shao4

a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: (#163)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

邵

This word has been viewed 3641 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 11th Jun 2007 13:16 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:47

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邵氏兄弟有限公司 siu6 si6 hing1 dai6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 shao4 shi4 xiong1 di4 you3 xian4 gong1 si1 = Shaw Brothers Ltd

新邵 san1 siu6 xin1 shao4 = Xinshao (place in Hunan)

邵逸夫 siu6 jat6 fu1 shao4 yi4 fu1 = Run Run Shaw

邵美琪 siu6 mei5 kei4 shao4 mei3 qi2 = Maggie Siu

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Decimal representation of this word: 邵
Unicode code for this character: U+90b5 (off-site link)

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