绰
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(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 綽號|绰号[chuo4 hao4] and 綽名|绰名[chuo4 ming2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 綽
- Common rank
- #3,306
- Unicode
- U+7EF0
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
ample · Heisig RSH #2373
thread + 卓 eminent
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 绰
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风姿绰约 | (idiom) graceful; lovely | |
| 绰名 | nickname | |
| 绰号 | nickname | |
| 绰约 | (literary) graceful; charming | |
| 绰绰有余 | (idiom) more than enough | |
| 隐隐绰绰 | faint; indistinct | |
| 宽绰 | spacious; relaxed; at ease; comfortably well-off | |
| 阔绰 | extravagant; liberal with money |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卓 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卓 sound part | profound, lofty, brilliant | |
| 掉 | to drop, to fall, to remove | |
| 罩 | cover, shroud; basket for catching fish | |
| 悼 | to grieve, to lament, to mourn | |
| 淖 | mud, slush | |
| 棹 | oar; boat | |
| 焯 | to scald; to flash-boil vegetables | |
| 踔 | to stride, to excel, to get ahead | |
| 倬 | noticeable, large; distinct, clear |