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皋

gāo

Character

What 皋 means

1. bank
2. marsh

Other readings

皋 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gāohigh riverbank; variant of {皋|gāo}
• gāovariant of {皋|gāo}

Words starting with 皋

• 皋兰县Gāo lán XiànGaolan, a county in Lanzhou City 兰州市
• 皋兰Gāo lánsee 皋兰县

Words containing 皋

• 如皋市Rú gāo ShìRugao, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市
• 岚皋县Lán gāo XiànLangao, a county in Ankang City 安康市
• 如皋Rú gāosee 如皋市
• 岚皋Lán gāosee 岚皋县

Characters that look like 皋

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

• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 秦Qínsurname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇; short name for 陕西
• 眷juàn(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…

Sounds the same

Read gāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 高high; tall; above average
• 糕cake
• 膏ointment; paste
• 篙pole for punting boats
• 羔lamb
• 睾(bound form) testicle
• 鼛large drum
• 槔used in 桔槔
• 櫜weapon case
• 髙variant of 高
• 槹variant of 槔