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铐 kào

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铐 kào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kào | kao4
English translation
shackles, manacles

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About 铐 kào

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

銬 kào

Contains the radical

钅 jīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of 铐 kào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰钅考

Semantic compound

钅 jīn

Phonetic compound

考 kǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 jīn represents the meaning and 考 kǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of 銬 kào .

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Example sentences using 铐 kào

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当 dāng 斯考比 Bǐ 在 zài 桌 zhuō 前 qián 往 wǎng 身后 shēn hòu 一 yī 靠 kào ,开始 kāishǐ 拨 bō 电话号码的 de 时候 shíhou ,挂 guà 在 zài 墙上的 de 锈迹斑驳 bān bó 的 de 手铐 shǒu kào 发出 fā chū 叮 dīng 零零的 de 响声 xiǎng shēng .

The rusty handcuffs jangled on the wall as Scobie leant back from his desk and dialled.

我 wǒ 戴 Dài 着 zhāo 手铐 shǒu kào ,被 bèi 联邦 lián bāng 执法官带 dài 往 wǎng 圣 shèng 菲 fēi 县 xiàn 成人 chéngrén 管教所.

The Federal Marshals took me away in handcuffs to the Santa Fe County Adult Correctional Facility.

他 tā 戴 Dài 着 zhāo 手铐 shǒu kào 被 bèi 送 sòng 进 jìn 了 le 监狱 jiānyù 。

He was led away to jail in handcuffs.

他 tā 戴 Dài 着 zhāo 手铐 shǒu kào 被 bèi 带 dài 了 le 过来 guò lái ，交到了 le 我 wǒ 手里 shǒu lǐ 。

He was led in in handcuffs and delivered over to me.

Words with 铐 kào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
手铐 shǒu kào manacles手銬
铐 kào shackles銬 kào
镣铐 liào kào manacles and leg-irons鐐銬

铐 kào Decomposition & Compounds

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