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缟

gǎo

Character Traditional 縞

What 缟 means

1. plain white silk

Words starting with 缟

• 缟素gǎo sùwhite silk mourning dress
• 缟玛瑙gǎo mǎ nǎoonyx; white agate

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
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
• 镐gǎoa pick
• 篙gāopole for punting boats
• 槁gǎodried up (wood); dead tree

Characters that look like 缟

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

• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 璃lí(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. lì; variant of 璃
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
• 瑛yīng(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read gǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搞to do; to make; to go in for
• 稿manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 镐a pick
• 杲high; sun shines brightly; to shine
• 槁dried up (wood); dead tree
• 暠bright; white
• 藁variant of 槁
• 藳old variant of 稿