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藻

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aquatic grasses; elegant

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Strokes
19
Radical
艸 +16
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
藻
Common rank
#2,492
Unicode
U+85FB

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Formation & memory

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How 藻 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “grass” + 澡 sound ( zǎo )

Components 艹 澡

How to remember it

algae · Heisig RSH #2333

flower + 澡 bath

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 藻

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WordPinyinMeaning
金鱼藻 jīn yú zǎo hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
眼虫藻 yǎn chóng zǎo euglena (biology)
蓝藻门 lán zǎo mén Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
单胞藻 dān bāo zǎo single-celled algae
玩弄词藻 wán nòng cí zǎo to juggle with words (dishonestly); to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
蓝绿藻 lán lǜ zǎo Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
海藻 hǎi zǎo seaweed; marine alga; kelp
词藻 cí zǎo rhetoric; flowery language
藻华 zǎo huá algal bloom
绿藻 lǜ zǎo green algae; chlorella (dietary supplement)
藻类 zǎo lèi algae
螺旋藻 luó xuán zǎo spiral algae; spirulina (dietary supplement)
硅藻门 guī zǎo mén Bacillariophyta, phylum of diatom single-celled phytoplankton
蓝藻 lán zǎo cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
胞藻 bāo zǎo algae
辞藻 cí zǎo rhetoric
硅藻 guī zǎo diatom (single-celled phytoplankton)
甄藻 zhēn zǎo to discern talent
矽藻 xī zǎo diatom