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犒

kào

Character

What 犒 means

1. to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc

Example sentences

• 今天是我的休息日，我要买一整桶家庭装的核桃冰淇淋犒劳自己。
  Since it's my day off today, I'm going to treat myself to a family-sized tub of walnut ice cream.

Words starting with 犒

• 犒劳kào láoto reward with food and drink; to feast (sb); presents of food etc made to troops
• 犒赏kào shǎngreward; to reward

Characters built on 高

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

• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 膏gāoointment; paste
• 蒿hāocelery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia); to give off; to weed
• 镐gǎoa pick
• 缟gǎoplain white silk
• 篙gāopole for punting boats
• 槁gǎodried up (wood); dead tree

Characters that look like 犒

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

• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 缟gǎoplain white silk

Sounds the same

Read kào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 靠to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to
• 铐shackles; fetters; manacle