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礤

cǎ

shredder, grater; grindstone

🔤 Pictophonetic: 石 (stone) provides meaning, 蔡 provides pronunciation

HSK 19 strokes Uncommon (99%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

a species of tortoise; surname

⿰石蔡 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shí

石

stone, rock, mineral

💡 Ideographic: A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂

5 strokes HSK 5

chǎng

厂

cliff; factory, workshop; building

2 strokes HSK 5

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

cài

蔡

a species of tortoise; surname

14 strokes

cǎo

艹

grass, weed, plant, herb

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting

3 strokes

jì

祭

to sacrifice to, to worship

💡 Ideographic: Hand 寸 holding meat ⺼ over an altar 示

11 strokes

⿰⺼寸

Radical component

shì

示

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

📷 Pictographic: An altar

5 strokes HSK 4

èr

二

two; twice

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

2 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 礤 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

礤 ↗

cǎ

shredder / grater (kitchen implement for grating vegetables) / grindstone

cǎ

礤 ↗

shredder / grater (kitchen implement for grating vegetables) / grindstone

礤床 ↗

cǎchuáng

vegetable shredder / grater

cǎchuáng

礤床 ↗

vegetable shredder / grater

礤床儿 ↗

cǎchuángr

shredder / grater (kitchen implement for grating vegetables)

cǎchuángr

礤床儿 ↗

shredder / grater (kitchen implement for grating vegetables)