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矬

cuó

Character

What 矬 means

1. short
2. dwarfish

Words starting with 矬

• 矬子里拔将军cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūnlit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom)…

Words containing 矬

• 矮矬ǎi cuóshort (in stature)

Characters built on 坐

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

• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 挫cuòobstructed; to fail; to oppress
• 痤cuóacne
• 唑zuòazole (chemistry)
• 锉cuò(literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack
• 脞cuǒchopped meat; trifles

Sounds the same

Read cuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 痤acne
• 嵯lofty (as of mountain)
• 鹾brine; salt
• 醝liquor; spirit
• 瘥disease

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cuó correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.