biāo

mark

sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units

Tree (木) + show (示) = visible mark or label

The treetop was the most visible point, so 木 grounds the idea in a tree's tip. 示 lends a sense of showing or displaying, making the topmost branch a visible marker.

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TreeSemantic
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这个箱子上贴了一张签。

zhè ge xiāng zi shàng tiē le yī zhāng biāo qiān。

A label is stuck on this box.

请在地图上出我们现在的位置。

qǐng zài dì tú shàng biāo chū wǒ men xiàn zài de wèi zhì。

Please mark our current location on the map.

Words with 标

通用汉字标准交换码

tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ

abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3]

游标卡尺

yóu biāo kǎ chǐ

dial calipers

达标

dá biāo

to reach a set standard

违标

wéi biāo

to go against the stipulated criteria

锦标

jǐn biāo

prize

锦标赛

jǐn biāo sài

championship contest

关键绩效指标

guān jiàn jì xiào zhǐ biāo

key performance indicator (KPI)

隐显目标

yǐn xiǎn mù biāo

intermittent target

双标

shuāng biāo

double standard (abbr. for 雙重標準|双重标准[shuang1 chong2 biao1 zhun3])

双重标准

shuāng chóng biāo zhǔn

double standard

音标

yīn biāo

phonetic symbol

风向标

fēng xiàng biāo

vane

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