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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)

重造
chóngzào
to reconstruct
深造
shēnzào
to pursue one's studies
造福
zàofú
to benefit (e.g. the people)
酿造
niàngzào
to brew
生造
shēngzào
to coin (words or expressions)
营造
yíngzào
to build (housing)
造桥
Zàoqiáo
Zaoqiao or Tsaochiao township in Miaoli county [[苗栗縣|苗栗县<Miáolìxiàn>]], northwest Taiwan
造次
zàocì
(literary) hurried
造血
zàoxuè
to make blood (function of bone marrow)
造谣
zàoyáo
to start a rumor
铸造
zhùzào
to cast (pour metal into a mold)
HSK 6
假造
jiǎzào
to forge
造就
zàojiù
to bring up
造句
zàojù
sentence-making
翻造
fānzào
to rebuild
造林
zàolín
forestation
织造
zhīzào
to weave
编造
biānzào
to compile
变造
biànzào
to alter
造船
zàochuán
shipbuilding

Metadata

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

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