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铐

kào

Character Traditional 銬

What 铐 means

1. shackles
2. fetters
3. manacle

Example sentences

• 把他铐上。
  Bǎ tā kào shàng.
  Put handcuffs on him.
• 他们铐住了汤姆。
  They handcuffed Tom.
• 他们把汤姆铐起来了。
  They handcuffed Tom.
• 他的手被手铐铐住了。
  His hands were handcuffed.
• 他们给汤姆戴上了手铐。
  They handcuffed Tom.
• 没有人是自由的；就连小鸟也被铐在天空中。
  Méiyǒu rén shì zìyóu de; jiù lián xiǎoniǎo yě bèi kào zài tiānkōng zhōng.
  No one is free; even the birds are chained to the sky.

Words containing 铐

• 手铐shǒu kàomanacles; handcuffs
• 镣铐liào kàomanacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs

Characters built on 考

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

• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 拷kǎoto beat; to flog; to examine under torture
• 栲kǎochinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees

Characters that look like 铐

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

• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 锌xīnzinc (chemistry)
• 骋chěngto hasten; to run; to open up
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)
• 铮zhēngclang of metals; small gong

Sounds the same

Read kào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 靠to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to
• 犒to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc