稿 gǎo
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
稿子
gǎozi
draft, manuscript
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 她把稿子改了好几遍，还是觉得论证不够有力。 Tā bǎ gǎozi gǎi le hǎo jǐ biàn, háishi juéde lùnzhèng bú gòu yǒulì. She revised the draft several times, but still felt the argument was not strong enough.
- 他上台前把稿子又读了一遍。 Tā shàng tái qián bǎ gǎozi yòu dú le yí biàn. Before going on stage he read through his script once more.
- 这篇稿子还没写完，明天再接着写。 Zhè piān gǎozi hái méi xiě wán, míngtiān zài jiēzhe xiě. This draft isn't finished yet; I'll carry on writing tomorrow.