Taxonomy of meanings for 梟:　　

  • 梟 xiāo (OC: keew MC: keu) 古堯切 平 廣韻：【説文云不孝鳥也故日至捕梟磔之从鳥頭在木上又姓隋煬帝誅楊玄感改其姓爲梟氏 】

    Additional information about 梟

    說文解字:

      Criteria
    • BEHEAD

      [[COMMON/RARE]]

      [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

      [IDIOM/WORD]

      [REFLEXIVE/TRANSITIVE]

      1. The standard word for beheading others is zhǎn 斬.

      [GENERAL]

      2. Lù 戮 refers to beheading in addition to severe mutilation of the body and often involves beheading of the corpse.

      [SPECIFIC]

      3. Wěn 刎 "cut one's throat" is not strictly a case of beheading, and is most current as a mode of suicide.

      [REFLEXIVE]

      4. Xiāo shǒu 梟首 is beheading followed by public exposure on a wooden pillar.

      [IDIOM], [SPECIFIC]