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造
zào
1. to make
2. to build
3. to manufacture
4. to invent
5. to fabricate
6. to go to
7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
8. crop
9. classifier for crops
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

造
zào
to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

人造
rénzào
man-made
仿造
fǎngzào
to copy
修造
xiūzào
to build
假造
jiǎzào
to forge
伪造
wěizào
to forge
HSK 6
两造
liǎngzào
both parties (to a lawsuit)
再造
zàizào
to give a new lease of life
创造
chuàngzào
to create
HSK 5
塑造
sùzào
to model
HSK 6
建造
jiànzào
to construct
打造
dǎzào
to create
捏造
niēzào
to make up
改造
gǎizào
to transform
新造
Xīnzào
Xinzao town, Guangdong
新造
xīnzào
newly made
末造
mòzào
final phase
构造
gòuzào
structure
深造
shēnzào
to pursue one's studies
营造
yíngzào
to build (housing)
生造
shēngzào
to coin (words or expressions)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
353
Word Frequency Rank
1,001 of 84,292