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巢
Cháo
1. surname Chao
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 11 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

巢
cháo
nest, living quarters in tree
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

倾巢
qīngcháo
lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us)
卵巢
luǎncháo
ovary
居巢
Jūcháo
Juchao district of Chaohu city [[巢湖<Cháohú>]], Anhui
巢湖
Cháohú
Chaohu prefecture level city in Anhui
巢穴
cháoxué
lair
HSK 6
燕巢
Yàncháo
Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
营巢
yíngcháo
to nest
空巢
kōngcháo
empty nest
窝巢
wōcháo
nest
精巢
jīngcháo
testes
蜂巢
fēngcháo
beehive
雀巢
Quècháo
Nestlé
香巢
xiāngcháo
a love nest
鸟巢
niǎocháo
bird's nest
黄巢
HuángCháo
Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
卵巢窝
luǎncháowō
ovary
卵精巢
luǎnjīngcháo
ovaries and testes
居巢区
Jūcháoqū
Juchao district of Chaohu city [[巢湖市<Cháohúshì>]], Anhui
巢湖市
Cháohúshì
Chaohu prefecture level city in Anhui
燕巢乡
Yàncháoxiāng
Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan

Alternate Entries

巢
cháo
nest

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,297
Word Frequency Rank
6,293 of 84,292

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