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chāo

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chāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chāo | chao1
English translation
to annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate

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About chāo

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

chāo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

strength

Etymology of chāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

巢力

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Cháo

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Words with chāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
围剿 wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate圍剿
jiǎo to destroy jiǎo
清剿 qīng jiǎo clean-up operation清剿 qīng jiǎo
剿灭 jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force)剿滅
剿匪 jiǎo fěi to send armed forces to suppress剿匪 jiǎo fěi
追剿 zhuī jiǎo to suppress追剿 zhuī jiǎo
包剿 bāo jiǎo to surround and annihilate (bandits)包剿 bāo jiǎo

chāo Decomposition & Compounds

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