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笊

zhào

Character

What 笊 means

1. loosely woven bamboo ladle

Words starting with 笊

• 笊篱zhào listrainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire)

Characters built on 竹

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

• 篙gāopole for punting boats
• 筲shāopot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲

Sounds the same

Read zhào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 照according to; in accordance with; to shine
• 召to call together; to summon; to convene
• 罩to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap
• 兆(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-
• 赵to surpass (old)
• 诏(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 肇at first; devise; originate
• 棹oar (archaic); scull; paddle
• 曌name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武则天
• 啅chirp
• 垗sacrifice
• 旐banner