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trough

HSK 7 N1
cáo
ソウ
ふね
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound.
Components
tree+ Cao =
trough
Meaning component
tree
Phonetic component
cáo Cao
ministry officials
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[cáo]
trough; manger; groove; channel; (Tw) (computing) hard drive
Japanese
ふね 同音
  1. noun ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane (舟 is often small and hand-propelled)
  2. noun tank; tub; vat; trough
  3. n-sufcounter counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
そう 同音
noun body (of a biwa)
うけ 同音
noun archaic basin; tub
Example Sentences