gāo, gào
grease, paste
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.kˤaw | kaw | gāo | lard (n.) |
*[k]ˤaw-s | kawH | gāo | smear with lard (v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.1440% of movies
2132nd most common character in movies
2673rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+818F |
Shuowen | “膏,肥也。从肉,高聲。” |
Sources
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