Memory phrase for the Kanji: 糕
糕
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Meaning
cakes, pastry
Pronunciation
gāo
Explanation
Left: rice 米, right: lamb 羔 (sheep 羊 [here: rising heat 丷 in an oven with three levels 王] with fire 灬)
Mnemonic
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It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake.
Radicals
米
rice This radical 米 means the rice grain. The rice plant has this radical: 禾
丷
coming out
羊
sheep Image of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
灬
fire Also this radical 火 stands for fire.
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Vocabulary
糟糕
zāo gāo
too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
5158
糕点
gāo diǎn
pastry
6269
蛋糕
dàn gāo
cake
6270
蛋糕
dàn gāo
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