糕

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cake

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

米 meaning “rice” + 羔 sound ( gāo )

Components 米羔

cake · Heisig RSH #2040

米 rice + 羊 sheep + cooking fire

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
马拉糕	mǎ lā gāo	Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
重油蛋糕	zhòng yóu dàn gāo	pound cake
起士蛋糕	qǐ shì dàn gāo	cheesecake
黑森林蛋糕	Hēi Sēn lín dàn gāo	Black Forest cake
起司蛋糕	qǐ sī dàn gāo	cheesecake
年轮蛋糕	nián lún dàn gāo	baumkuchen (cake)
小松糕	xiǎo sōng gāo	muffin
云片糕	yún piàn gāo	a kind of cake
玉米糕	yù mǐ gāo	corn cake; polenta (corn mush)
造型蛋糕	zào xíng dàn gāo	custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character)
发糕	fā gāo	fa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New Ye…
筒子米糕	tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo	rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnish…
萨赫蛋糕	Sà hè dàn gāo	Sachertorte, Viennese chocolate cake
糕点	gāo diǎn	cakes; pastries
年糕	nián gāo	nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
枕头蛋糕	zhěn tou dàn gāo	loaf cake
海绵蛋糕	hǎi mián dàn gāo	sponge cake
猪血糕	zhū xiě gāo	pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, …
松糕鞋	sōng gāo xié	platform shoes
冰糕	bīng gāo	ice-cream; popsicle; ice-lolly; sorbet

Characters sharing the sound component 羔 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
羔 sound part	gāo	lamb
蓔	yǎo	a kind of grass