What 俏 means
It praises good looks or charm in Mandarin. 俊俏 and 俏丽 praise a person's looks. 俏皮话 is playful wit; 紧俏 describes goods in short supply.
俏 pairs 亻, the person component, with 肖, which hints at the sound. A 2024 entry from Taiwan's Ministry of Education notes that 俏 is absent from Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary. Jiyun, a Chinese pronunciation dictionary, records a good-looking sense; Yuan-dynasty plays also use the character.
Japanese and Korean glosses also include resemblance or good looks; Mandarin compounds are not universal meanings for the character.
In Mandarin, 俏 is usually approving; a compound can turn it playful or commercial.
Check the compound: 走俏 means strong demand, not good looks.
Who writes 俏
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Questions people ask
1Why does 俏 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 俏
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- qiao · qiao4 · 俏 meaning · 俊俏 · 俏丽 · 俏皮 · 俏皮话 · 走俏
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俏\4FCFCodes and encoding1 code points
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