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铐

kào

shackles, manacles

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 考 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (38%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to test, to investigate, to examine

⿰钅考 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

kǎo

考

to test, to investigate, to examine

🔤 Pictophonetic: 耂 (old) provides meaning, 丂 provides pronunciation

6 strokes HSK 2

lǎo

耂

old, aged; experienced

💡 Ideographic: A person bent over with long hair

4 strokes

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

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

1 strokes HSK 1

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

kǎo

丂

obstruction of breath (qi); variant of 考

2 strokes

Words Using 铐 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

铐 ↗

kào

shackles / fetters / manacle

kào

铐 ↗

shackles / fetters / manacle

镣铐 ↗

liàokào

manacles and leg-irons / fetters and handcuffs

liàokào

镣铐 ↗

manacles and leg-irons / fetters and handcuffs