稿
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manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 禾 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 稿
- Common rank
- #1,618
- Unicode
- U+7A3F
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 稿
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打稿子 | to produce a draft manuscript | |
| 打印稿 | printout; hard copy | |
| 清史稿 | Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic … | |
| 新闻稿 | press release | |
| 稿子 | draft of a document; script; manuscript; mental plan; precedent | |
| 手稿 | manuscript; script | |
| 发稿 | (of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer; (of a journalist) to send a disp… | |
| 文稿 | manuscript; article (in newspaper); draft | |
| 演示文稿 | (PPT etc) presentation | |
| 通稿 | wire copy; press release | |
| 审稿人 | reviewer (of a paper) | |
| 定稿 | to finalize; to settle on the final version of (a text or creative work); final version | |
| 稿本 | manuscript (of a book etc); sketch (of a design etc) | |
| 书稿 | manuscript of a book | |
| 起稿 | to make a draft; to draft (a document) | |
| 修改稿 | revised draft; new version (of a document) | |
| 原稿 | manuscript; original copy | |
| 草稿 | draft; outline; sketch | |
| 约稿 | to commission (a newspaper article, piece of writing, artwork etc) | |
| 稿费 | author's remuneration; CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 高 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高 sound part | tall, lofty; high, elevated | |
| 豪 | brave, heroic, chivalrous | |
| 膏 | grease, fat; ointment, paste | |
| 敲 | to hammer, to pound, to strike | |
| 搞 | to do, to fix, to make, to settle | |
| 镐 | stove; bright | |
| 蒿 | mugwort, wormwood, Artemisia; to give off a scent | |
| 槁 | to wither; withered, rotten, dead | |
| 篙 | a pole used to punt a boat | |
| 犒 | victory feast; to throw a banquet | |
| 缟 | plain white silk | |
| 暠 | daybreak; brilliant, bright |