巢

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nest

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 11
Radical: 巛 +8
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 巢
Common rank: #1,885
Unicode: U+5DE2

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Formation & memory

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How 巢 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A nest 巛田 built in a tree 木

Components 巛果

How to remember it

nest · Heisig RSH #2179

川 stream + 果 fruit

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 巢

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
黄巢起义	Huáng Cháo qǐ yì	Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao
黄巢之乱	Huáng Cháo zhī luàn	late Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao
巢湖市	Cháo hú Shì	Chaohu, a county-level city in Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
暖巢管家	nuǎn cháo guǎn jiā	housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with…
倾巢而出	qīng cháo ér chū	the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
覆巢之下无完卵	fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn	lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom); fig. when one falls in disgrace…
多囊卵巢综合症	duō náng luǎn cháo zōng hé zhèng	polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
老巢	lǎo cháo	(fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces)
空巢	kōng cháo	empty nest; a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
黄巢	Huáng Cháo	Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
倾巢来犯	qīng cháo lái fàn	to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
香巢	xiāng cháo	a love nest; a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
鸟巢	niǎo cháo	bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
精巢	jīng cháo	(zoology) spermary; (in higher animals) testicle
爱巢	ài cháo	love nest
雀巢	Què cháo	Nestlé
巢湖	Cháo Hú	Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui
巢湖	Cháo hú	see 巢湖市[Chao2 hu2 Shi4]
卵精巢	luǎn jīng cháo	ovaries and testes
覆巢无完卵	fù cháo wú wán luǎn	lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact; no member escapes unscathed from a fam…

Sound family

These characters use 巢 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
巢 sound part	cháo	nest, living quarters in tree
剿	jiǎo	to annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate
缫	sāo	to draw, to reel in