鞘 qiào

  1. qiào noun scabbard; sheath
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 刀套 (Guoyu '鞘' n 1; Unihan '鞘')
  2. qiào noun lining
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used inside wooden casing for packing silver items (Guoyu '鞘' n 2)
  3. shāo noun a tie for a whip
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A thin cord used to tie up a whip (Guoyu '鞘' shāo n 1)

Contained in

  • 髓鞘 myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
  • 出鞘 (of a sword etc) to unsheath
  • 鞘翅 elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
  • 腱鞘炎 tenosynovitis
  • 鞘翅目 Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
  • 腱鞘 tendon sheath ; epitendon
  • 海鞘 Ascidiacea; sea squirt
  • 鞘脂 sphingolipid
  • 胚芽鞘 coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot
  • 剑鞘(劍鞘) a sword sheath
  • 刀鞘 scabbard

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