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cuō

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cuō Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cuō | cuo1
English translation
dash, pinch, small amount

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About cuō

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

cuō

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of cuō

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌最

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

zuì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and zuì represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cuō

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de 头发 tóufa Quán diào guāng le , zhǐ shèng 稀疏 xī shū 的几 cuō .

He was now almost totally bald, only a thin fringe of hair remaining.

下巴 xià ba shǎng yǒu 一小撮 yī xiǎo cuō 胡须 húxū

He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.

Words with cuō

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
撮合 cuō he to play matchmaker撮合 cuō he
一小撮 yī xiǎo cuō handful (of)一小撮 yī xiǎo cuō
cuō to scoop up cuō

cuō Decomposition & Compounds

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