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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)

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

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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