潦 liáo
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 尞 fuel used for sacrifices
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
潦草
liáocǎo
hasty; careless; illegible
Characters in this word
草 cǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 早 early
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这份合同的签名过于潦草，公证人员要求双方重新确认身份。 Zhè fèn hétóng de qiānmíng guòyú liáocǎo, gōngzhèng rényuán yāoqiú shuāngfāng chóngxīn quèrèn shēnfèn. The signature on this contract was too illegible, so the notary asked both sides to reconfirm their identities.
- 他写字太潦草，我看了半天也没认出来。 Tā xiě zì tài liáocǎo, wǒ kàn le bàntiān yě méi rènchū lái. His handwriting is so scrawled that I looked for ages and still couldn't make it out.
- 时间太紧，这份作业做得很潦草，老师让他重做。 Shíjiān tài jǐn, zhè fèn zuòyè zuò de hěn liáocǎo, lǎoshī ràng tā chóngzuò. Time was short and this homework was done sloppily, so the teacher made him redo it.
Related words
- 草 cǎo grass
- 草地 cǎodì grassland; lawn
- 草原 cǎoyuán grassland
- 草案 cǎo'àn draft; draft proposal
- 草丛 cǎocóng grass thicket; clump of grass
- 草坪 cǎopíng lawn
- 草率 cǎoshuài careless; hasty
- 草药 cǎoyào herbal medicine; medicinal herb
- 稻草 dàocǎo rice straw; straw
- 起草 qǐcǎo to draft; to draw up
- 墨 mò ink
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì simplified Chinese characters