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锆

gào

Character Traditional 鋯

What 锆 means

1. zirconium (chemistry)

Words starting with 锆

• 锆石gào shízircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4)
• 锆合金gào hé jīnzircaloy
• 锆英砂gào yīng shāzircon sand (zirconium ore)

Characters built on 告

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

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 靠kàoto lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to
• 浩hàogrand; vast (water)
• 皓hào(bound form) bright; luminous; white…
• 诰gàoto enjoin; to grant (a title)
• 郜Gàosurname Gao; name of a feudal state

Characters that look like 锆

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

• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 锥zhuīcone; awl; to bore
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 锉cuò(literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack
• 铪hāhafnium (chemistry)
• 锗zhěgermanium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read gào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 告(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 膏to moisten; to grease; to apply (cream, ointment)
• 诰to enjoin; to grant (a title)
• 郜surname Gao; name of a feudal state
• 吿variant of 告