罩
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to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 网 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 罩
- Common rank
- #2,007
- Unicode
- U+7F69
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
overspread · Heisig RSH #1508
net + 卓 eminent
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 罩
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安全眼罩 | safety goggles | |
| 防毒面罩 | gas mask | |
| 云山雾罩 | (lit.) enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom); (fig.) (of speech or writing) unclear; confus… | |
| 罩子 | cover; casing | |
| 头罩 | hairnet; hood; cowl | |
| 纱布口罩 | gauze mask | |
| 整流罩 | fairing | |
| 面罩 | mask; visor; facepiece (e.g. diving suit, gas mask) | |
| 口罩 | mask (surgical etc) | |
| 罩门 | Achilles' heel; chink in the armor | |
| 眼罩 | eye-patch; blindfold; eye mask; goggles; eyeshade; blinkers (for a horse etc) | |
| 泡罩塔 | distillation tower; bubble tower; plate column | |
| 耳罩 | earmuffs | |
| 罩衣 | overalls; CL:件[jian4] | |
| 防喷罩 | pop filter (audio engineering) | |
| 脸罩 | visor | |
| 胸罩 | brassiere (underwear); bra | |
| 灯罩 | cover of lamp; lampshade; glass cover of oil lamp | |
| 乳罩 | bra | |
| 奶罩 | bra; brassière |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卓 — compare how they read.