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稿
gǎo
1. manuscript
2. draft
3. stalk of grain
Common • Top 10% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

稿
gǎo
draft, manuscript, rough copy
HSK 6 15 丶

Compound Words (20)

初稿
chūgǎo
first draft (of writing)
原稿
yuángǎo
manuscript
征稿
zhēnggǎo
to solicit contributions (to a publication)
截稿
jiégǎo
(of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles
手稿
shǒugǎo
manuscript
投稿
tóugǎo
to submit articles for publication
拙稿
zhuōgǎo
my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.)
撰稿
zhuàngǎo
to write (an article for publication)
拟稿
nǐgǎo
to draft (a statement)
改稿
gǎigǎo
to revise a manuscript
文稿
wéngǎo
manuscript
书稿
shūgǎo
manuscript of a book
画稿
huàgǎo
rough sketch (of a painting)
稿件
gǎojiàn
rough draft
HSK 6
稿子
gǎozi
draft of a document
稿本
gǎoběn
manuscript (of a book etc)
稿纸
gǎozhǐ
draft paper
稿费
gǎofèi
author's remuneration
稿酬
gǎochóu
fee paid to an author for a piece of writing
脱稿
tuōgǎo
to complete a draft

Alternate Entries

稿
gǎo
variant of [[稿<gǎo>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,586
Word Frequency Rank
8,721 of 84,292

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