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抄

chāo

to copy

A person copying a drawing
Memory picture

Character

抄 chāo

Strokes
7
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 少 few, little
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 不要抄作业。 Bú yào chāo zuòyè. Do not copy homework.
  • 他抄了答案。 Tā chāo le dáàn. He copied the answer.
  • 我抄这句话。 Wǒ chāo zhè jù huà. I copy this sentence.

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