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蔻

kòu

nutmeg, cardamom

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (herb) provides meaning, 寇 provides pronunciation
HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (56%)
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Component Breakdown

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艹
cǎo
grass, weed, plant, herb
寇
kòu
bandit, thief; enemy; to invade
⿱艹寇 i

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Component Tree i

cǎo
艹
grass, weed, plant, herb
📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting
3 strokes
kòu
寇
bandit, thief; enemy; to invade
💡 Ideographic: Bandits mugging 攴 a person 元 in his home 宀
11 strokes

Words Using 蔻 (10)

kòu
蔻 ↗
see [[肉豆蔻]] nutmeg, [[豆蔻]] cardamon
ròudòukòu
肉豆蔻 ↗
nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
ròudòukòuliào
肉豆蔻料 ↗
Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils, including nutmeg)
kòudān
蔻丹 ↗
nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")
kòukòu
蔻蔻 ↗
cocoa
Lánkòu
兰蔻 ↗
Lancôme, French cosmetics brand
dòukòu
豆蔻 ↗
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty
báidòukòu
白豆蔻 ↗
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
dòukòuniánhuá
豆蔻年华 ↗
a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood / a budding beauty
xiǎodòukòu
小豆蔻 ↗
Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)