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焯

chāo

Character

What 焯 means

1. to blanch; to parboil

Words starting with 焯

• 焯水chāo shuǐto blanch; to parboil

Characters built on 卓

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

• 罩zhàoto cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 淖nàoslush; mud
• 棹zhàooar (archaic); scull; paddle

Characters that look like 焯

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

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 烯xīalkene
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 绰chuò(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 绰号
• 榉jǔZeikowa acuminata

Sounds the same

Read chāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 超to exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 抄to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
• 钞money; paper money; variant of 抄
• 剿to plagiarize
• 绰to grab; to snatch up; variant of 焯
• 弨unbent bow
• 怊(literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated
• 訬clamor; uproar; annoyance