糟 zāo
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- Made of
- 米 rice, millet, grain 曹 ministers, officials
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
糟糕
zāogāo
terrible
Characters in this word
糕 gāo
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- Made of
- 米 rice, millet, grain 羔 lamb
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 糟糕，下雨了。 Zāogāo, xiàyǔ le. Oh no, it is raining.
- 今天真糟糕。 Jīntiān zhēn zāogāo. Today is really terrible.
- 考试很糟糕。 Kǎoshì hěn zāogāo. The exam went very badly.