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糕
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cake

HSK 5
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gāo
コウ
こなもち
Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 羔 represents the sound.
Components
米 rice+ 羔 kid =
糕 cake
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
hulled or husked uncooked rice
羔 Phonetic component
gāo kid
lamb, kid
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Notes
Similar Characters
奥 obscure (simp)奧 of great depth (trad)屎 excrement料 material暴 violent粥 porridge粪 manure (simp)糞 dung (trad)鬻 child龹 to roll rice into ball匊 handful (iii)氣 spirit (trad)竊 pilfer (trad)籴 purchase (simp)籼 long-grained rice (simp)籽 seed粉 powder粑 tsamba粒 grain粕 lees
Chinese
糕 [gāo]
cake
Japanese
麭 、 糕 こなもち 同音
noun rare round dumpling (made of rice flour, etc.)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (48)
糟糕 [zāo​gāo] #625
too bad
蛋糕 [dàn​gāo] #1,409
cake
雪糕 [xuě​gāo] #15,540
frozen treat
糕点 [gāo​diǎn] #12,406
cakes
糕点 [gāo​diǎn] #12,406
cakes
年糕 [nián​gāo] #28,307
nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
糕饼 [gāo​bǐng] #19,468
cakes
糕饼 [gāo​bǐng] #19,468
cakes
冰糕 [bīng​gāo] #52,405
ice-cream
炸糕 [zhá​gāo] #54,729
fried glutinous rice dough cake
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
麭 [こなもち] #156,005
round dumpling (made of rice flour, etc.)
金楚糕 [ちんすこう]
chinsuko