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CHINESE CHARACTER

zào

造

造

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mint

Numbered pinyin
zao4
English meanings
arrive at, training, create, go to, build, invent, construct, education, concoction, mint, invention, cook up, educate, establish, fabricate, make, concoct, train

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the lower left structure

Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 辶; inside 告.

  • Outside

    辶
  • Inside

    告
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Meaning & sound clues

辶 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “walk”.

告 is identified as the sound component (gào). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 造.

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

Decomposition reference

⿺辶告

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

    zào造yī一zuò座fángzi房子。

    Build a house.

  2. 02

    zào造jùzi句子。

    Make a sentence.

  3. 03

    zhìzào制造。

    Manufacture.

  4. 04

    zào造chuán船。

    Build a ship.

  5. 05

    zào造jù句liànxí练习。

    Sentence-making practice.

  6. 06

    zào造le了hěn很duō多。

    Made a lot.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 人造
  • 伪造
  • 创造
  • 制造
  • 塑造
  • 建造
  • 打造
  • 改造
  • 构造
  • 编造
  • 营造
  • 造价
  • 造假
  • 造型
  • 造就
  • 造成
  • 造福
  • 造纸术
  • 酿造
  • 铸造