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漕

cáo

Character

What 漕 means

1. to transport (esp. grain) by water
2. literarywatercourse; canal

Words starting with 漕

• 漕河cáo héwaterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大运河
• 漕粮cáo liánggrain transported by water (in ancient times)
• 漕运cáo yùn(old) to transport by water; to ship grain as tax

Characters built on 曹

These share the phonetic component 曹 (cáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 嘈cáobustling; tumultuous; noisy
• 螬cáoused in 蛴螬
• 蹧zāosee 蹧蹋
• 艚cáoseagoing junk

Characters that look like 漕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
• 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
• 憎zēngto detest
• 潢huángdye paper; lake; pond
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒

Sounds the same

Read cáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嘈bustling; tumultuous; noisy
• 曹class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 槽trough; manger; groove
• 螬used in 蛴螬
• 蓸(a kind of herb)
• 艚seagoing junk