椒
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pepper
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 椒
- Common rank
- #1,444
- Unicode
- U+6912
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 椒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长尾山椒鸟 | (bird species of China) long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) | |
| 小灰山椒鸟 | (bird species of China) Swinhoe's minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) | |
| 粉红山椒鸟 | (bird species of China) rosy minivet (Pericrocotus roseus) | |
| 短嘴山椒鸟 | (bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris) | |
| 椒江区 | Jiaojiang, a district of Taizhou City 台州市[Tai1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang | |
| 赤红山椒鸟 | (bird species of China) scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) | |
| 山椒鱼 | Hynobius formosanus; Taiwan salamander | |
| 灰山椒鸟 | (bird species of China) ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) | |
| 全椒县 | Quanjiao, a county in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 小米椒 | same as 朝天椒[chao2 tian1 jiao1] | |
| 指天椒 | see 朝天椒[chao2 tian1 jiao1] | |
| 灰喉山椒鸟 | (bird species of China) grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris) | |
| 朝天椒 | chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var) | |
| 印度鬼椒 | see 斷魂椒|断魂椒[duan4 hun2 jiao1] | |
| 牛角椒 | Cayenne pepper; red pepper; chili | |
| 胡椒子 | peppercorn; seeds of pepper | |
| 白胡椒 | white peppercorn | |
| 野山椒 | same as 朝天椒[chao2 tian1 jiao1] | |
| 青椒牛柳 | beef with green peppers | |
| 黑胡椒 | black pepper |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 叔 — compare how they read.