鏢 meaning and stroke order
Spear, harpoon, dart; to escort
How to write 鏢, stroke by stroke
19 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 鏢
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- dart-like throwing weapon
- goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
How 鏢 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Metal.
釒 gives the meaning and 票 hints at the sound.
Radical: 釒 (gold), shared by 135 characters on this site.
How to remember 鏢
The left side 釒 means metal, and the right side 票 (piào) gives the sound. Picture a small metal dart flying through the air, sounding like piào but landing as biāo.
Today 鏢 (simplified 镖) appears mostly in set words like 保镖 (bǎobiāo, bodyguard) and 飞镖 (fēibiāo, darts). Historically it also meant goods carried under armed escort, as in martial arts stories about escort agencies. Example: 他是明星的保镖。(Tā shì míngxīng de bǎobiāo.) He is the celebrity's bodyguard.
Common mistake: Learners often read it as piào because of the phonetic part 票, but the correct reading is biāo in the first tone. Also do not confuse it with 標 (biāo, mark), which has the wood radical 木 instead of metal.
Common words with 鏢
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 保鏢 | bǎobiāo | bodyguard | |
| 飛鏢 | fēibiāo | darts (game); dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead) |
Questions about 鏢
How many strokes are in 鏢?
鏢 is written with 19 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 鏢 mean?
鏢 (biāo) means spear, harpoon, dart; to escort. A common word with it is 保镖 (bǎobiāo), meaning "bodyguard".
How do you pronounce 鏢?
鏢 is pronounced biāo, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 鏢?
The radical of 鏢 is 釒, which carries the idea of "gold". Dictionaries list 鏢 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 鏢?
鏢 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 镖, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is a 镖局 (biāojú)?
A 镖局 was a traditional escort agency in old China that hired martial artists to protect goods and travelers on the road. The word is common in wuxia novels and historical dramas.
How do I say playing darts in Chinese?
You can say 玩飞镖 (wán fēibiāo) or 扔飞镖 (rēng fēibiāo), meaning to play or throw darts. A dartboard is 飞镖盘 (fēibiāo pán).