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抄

chāo

copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 少 provides pronunciation

HSK 5 7 strokes Common (22%)

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Component Breakdown

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few, little; less; inadequate

⿰扌少 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

shǎo

少

few, little; less; inadequate

📷 Pictographic: Grains of sand; 小 provides the pronunciation and meaning

4 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

Words Using 抄 (31)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

抄 ↗

chāo

to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms

chāo

抄 ↗

HSK 5

to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms

包抄 ↗

bāochāo

to outflank / to envelop

bāochāo

包抄 ↗

to outflank / to envelop

to search a house and confiscate possessions

chāojiā

抄家 ↗

to search a house and confiscate possessions

to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions

cháchāo

查抄 ↗

to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions

抄手 ↗

chāoshǒu

to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton

chāoshǒu

抄手 ↗

to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton

抄后路 ↗

chāohòulù

to outflank and attack from the rear

chāohòulù

抄后路 ↗

to outflank and attack from the rear

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