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潮
cháo
1. tide
2. current
3. damp
4. moist
5. humid
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

潮
cháo
tide, current; damp, moist, wet
HSK 5 15 丶

Compound Words (20)

干潮
gāncháo
low tide
人潮
réncháo
a tide of people
低潮
dīcháo
low tide
来潮
láicháo
(of water) to rise
初潮
chūcháo
menarche
受潮
shòucháo
damp
回潮
huícháo
to become moist again
大潮
dàcháo
tidal bore
寒潮
háncháo
cold wave
小潮
xiǎocháo
neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)
怒潮
nùcháo
(tidal) bore
思潮
sīcháo
tide of thought
新潮
xīncháo
modern
暗潮
àncháo
undercurrent
浪潮
làngcháo
wave
海潮
hǎicháo
tide
满潮
mǎncháo
high tide
涨潮
zhǎngcháo
high tide
潮位
cháowèi
tide level
潮南
Cháonán
Chaonan district of Shantou city [[汕头市]], Guangdong

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,301
Word Frequency Rank
3,870 of 84,292

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