Chinese Character Wiki

漕

cáo

transport by water

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

water

曹 sound component

曹  Sound component

cáo

  

plaintiff and defendant

Evolution

漕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
漕 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
漕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
漕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

漕  

cáo

transport by water; canal transportation; watercourse; canal

Most common words with 漕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

漕

canal

漕运

to ship grain as tax

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4375th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+6F15

Shuowen

“漕，水轉轂（穀）也。一曰人之所乘及船也。从水，曹聲。”


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