造 zào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 告 to tell, to inform, to announce
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
造成
zàochéng
to cause
Characters in this word
成 chéng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 丁 nail 戈 spear, lance, halberd
Example phrases
- 大雨造成堵车。 Dà yǔ zàochéng dǔchē. Heavy rain caused a traffic jam.
- 这会造成麻烦。 Zhè huì zàochéng máfan. This can cause trouble.
- 别造成浪费。 Bié zàochéng làngfèi. Do not cause waste.
Related words
- 创造 chuàngzào to create
- 改造 gǎizào to rebuild; to transform
- 造 zào to make; to build
- 制造 zhìzào to make; to produce
- 构造 gòuzào structure
- 造型 zàoxíng shape; style
- 建造 jiànzào to build
- 变成 biànchéng to turn into; to become
- 成 chéng to become
- 成绩 chéngjì grades; results
- 成为 chéngwéi to become
- 完成 wánchéng to complete