Chinese Character Wiki

稿

gǎo

draft

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound. Simplified form of 稾.

Components
禾 meaning component

禾  Meaning component

hé

  

grain stalk

高 sound component

高  Sound component

gāo

  

high

Evolution

稿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
稿 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
稿 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
稿 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
稿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

稿  

gǎo

draft, manuscript, rough copy; manuscript; draft; stalk of grain

稿 (稾) 

gǎo

variant of 稿[gǎo]

Most common words with 稿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

稿

draft

手稿

manuscript

投稿

to contribute (writing)

稿子

script

稿件

manuscript

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.[k]ˤawʔ

kawX

gǎo

straw


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 7.0319% of movies

2033rd most common character in movies

1587th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+7A3F

Shuowen

“稾，稈也。从禾，高聲。”


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