皂
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soap; black
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 白 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 皂
- Common rank
- #2,314
- Unicode
- U+7682
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 皂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不分青红皂白 | not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and … | |
| 不问青红皂白 | not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and … | |
| 不分皂白 | not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong | |
| 青红皂白 | the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom) | |
| 洗发皂 | shampoo | |
| 肥皂水 | soapy water | |
| 皂石 | soapstone | |
| 罗皂 | variant of 囉唣|啰唣[luo2 zao4] | |
| 给皂器 | soap dispenser | |
| 皂角 | Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) | |
| 香皂 | perfumed soap; toilet soap; CL:塊|块[kuai4] | |
| 皂素 | (chemistry) saponin | |
| 肥皂剧 | soap opera (loanword) | |
| 肥皂泡 | soap bubble | |
| 牛骥同皂 | cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated… | |
| 肥皂 | soap; CL:塊|块[kuai4],條|条[tiao2] | |
| 肥皂沫 | soapy lather; foam | |
| 皂碱 | soap; same as 肥皂 | |
| 皂荚树 | Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) | |
| 皂苷 | (chemistry) saponin |
Sound family
These characters use 皂 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皂 sound part | soap; black; menial servant | |
| 唣 | chatter |