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碉

diāo

Character

What 碉 means

1. rock cave (archaic)

Words starting with 碉

• 碉堡diāo bǎo(military) pillbox; blockhouse; humorous way of writing 屌爆

Characters built on 周

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

• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 凋diāowithered
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 蜩tiáocicada

Characters that look like 碉

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

• 聘pìnto employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth; (colloquial) (of a woman) to get married…
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 硼péngboron (chemistry)
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 腑fǔinternal organs
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band

Sounds the same

Read diāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雕to carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 叼to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
• 刁artful; wicked
• 貂sable or marten (genus Martes)
• 凋withered
• 鲷porgy; pagrus major
• 蛁Pomponia maculatiocollis
• 琱to engrave gems
• 汈(used in place names)