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燥
zào
1. dry
2. parched
3. impatient
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

燥
zào
arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered
HSK 5 17 丶

Compound Words (11)

秋燥
qiūzào
autumn dryness disease (TCM)
暴燥
bàozào
variant of [[暴躁<bàozào>]]
枯燥
kūzào
dry and dull
HSK 6
浮燥
fúzào
variant of [[浮躁<fúzào>]]
焦燥
jiāozào
variant of [[焦躁<jiāozào>]]
干燥
gānzào
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
HSK 5
干燥剂
gānzàojì
desiccant
干燥机
gānzàojī
a drier
口干舌燥
kǒugānshézào
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
大便干燥
dàbiàngānzào
constipated
枯燥无味
kūzàowúwèi
tedious

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,612
Word Frequency Rank
4,014 of 84,292

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