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CHINESE CHARACTER

cáo

槽

槽

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trough

Numbered pinyin
cao2
English meanings
trough, manger, groove, channel, (Tw) (computing) hard drive

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 木; right 曹.

Meaning & sound clues

木 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “wood”.

曹 is identified as the sound component (cáo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 槽.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰木曹

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yī一gè个cáo槽。

    A trough.

  2. 02

    shuǐcáo水槽。

    A water trough.

  3. 03

    sìliào饲料cáo槽。

    A feeding trough.

  4. 04

    kāi开cáo槽。

    Cut a groove.

  5. 05

    pái排shuǐcáo水槽。

    A drain.

  6. 06

    dào倒jìn进cáo槽lǐ里。

    Pour into the trough.

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