稠
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dense; crowded; thick; many
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 禾 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 稠
- Common rank
- #2,948
- Unicode
- U+7A20
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 稠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人口稠密 | populous | |
| 人烟稠密 | (idiom) densely populated | |
| 地狭人稠 | (idiom) small and densely populated | |
| 地窄人稠 | see 地狹人稠|地狭人稠[di4 xia2 ren2 chou2] | |
| 增稠剂 | thickener | |
| 黏稠度 | viscosity | |
| 稠密 | dense | |
| 粘稠度 | viscosity | |
| 增稠 | to thicken | |
| 浓稠 | thick; dense and creamy | |
| 稠浊 | numerous and confused; forming a confused mass | |
| 粘稠 | viscous; thick and sticky |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 周 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周 sound part | Zhou dynasty; circumference | |
| 调 | tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange | |
| 雕 | to carve, to engrave; eagle, vulture | |
| 绸 | silk cloth, satin damask | |
| 凋 | withered, fallen; exhausted | |
| 赒 | to give to charity; to give alms | |
| 鲷 | porgy; Pagrosomus major | |
| 啁 | to chirp, to twitter | |
| 惆 | distressed, regretful, sad | |
| 碉 | watchtower | |
| 椆 | a species of tree resistant to cold weather | |
| 蜩 | cicada, broad locust |