Spot 曹
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
曹 component
cáo · ministers, officials; a company; surname
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 曹
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue曹Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 曹.
糟=
米
槽=
木
嘈=
口
漕=
氵
遭=
辶
艚=
舟
螬=
虫
蹧=
𧾷
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 曹 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
糟zāo
dregs
HSK 3.0 · L5糟糕zāogāotoo bad
HSK 3.0 · L5遭到zāodàoto suffer
HSK 3.0 · L6遭受zāoshòuto suffer
HSK 3.0 · L6遭遇zāoyùto meet with
HSK 3.0 · L6槽cáotrough, manger
嘈杂cáozánoisy
HSK 3.0 · L7-9乱七八糟luànqībāzāoHSK 3.0 · L7-9跳槽tiàocáoto leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
HSK 3.0 · L7-9吐槽tǔcáoHSK 3.0 · L7-9糟粕zāopòdross
HSK 3.0 · L7-9糟蹋zāotàto waste
HSK 3.0 · L7-9