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镐

gǎo

Character Traditional 鎬

What 镐 means

1. a pick

Other readings

镐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hàobright; place name; stove

Words starting with 镐

• 镐京Hào jīngHaojing (in modern Shaanxi, northwest of Chang'an county), capital of Western Zhou from…
• 镐把gǎo bǎpickaxe handle
• 镐头gǎo toupickaxe

Words containing 镐

• 李昌镐Lǐ Chāng hàoLee Chang-ho (1975–), South Korean professional Go player
• 冰镐bīng gǎoice pick
• 洋镐yáng gǎopickaxe
• 丁字镐dīng zì gǎohammer pick
• 十字镐shí zì gǎopickaxe

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
• 缟gǎoplain white silk
• 篙gāopole for punting boats
• 槁gǎodried up (wood); dead tree

Characters that look like 镐

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

• 镇zhènto press down; to calm; to subdue
• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 镉gécadmium (chemistry)
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc

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
• 杲high; sun shines brightly; to shine
• 缟plain white silk
• 槁dried up (wood); dead tree
• 暠bright; white
• 藁variant of 槁
• 藳old variant of 稿