sho
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sho¹
- /ʃəʊ/ UK
- /ʃoʊ/ US
Sounds like show · Rhymes with -əʊ
sho²
- /ʃəʊ/ UK
- /ʃoʊ/ US
Sounds like show · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 笙 (shō).
noun shos
- A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng. The arrangement of pipes symbolizes the folded wings of the mythical phoenix, whose cry the shō's sound is said to represent.
sho³
- /ʃəʊ/ UK
- /ʃoʊ/ US
Sounds like show · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Of modern scholarly coinage. From its Bactrian pronunciation /ʃ/, and the final omricon (ο) found at the end of almost all Bactrian words.
noun shos
- A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.
SHO⁴
adjective
- Abbreviation of super-high-output
Sho⁵
proper noun
- Alternative form of Shö, a Kuki-Chin language/dialect group
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: booted, ironshod, roughshod, sandaled, sandalled, slippered, pir, shin, nen, gyo, ichi, nuff, sang, sanshin, shamisen, lusheng
Translations
Talk about this word "sho." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sho. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sho. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sho "sho." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sho.Cite this
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title = {sho},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sho},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
