栲 (kǎo) · chinquapin (an evergreen tree)

Meanings

1 chinquapin (an evergreen tree)
2 tanning extract from its bark

Characters

栲

kǎo

chinquapin tree

Examples

HSK 6

栲树的树皮可以制栲胶。

Kǎo shù de shùpí kěyǐ zhì kǎo jiāo.

The bark of the chinquapin can be used to make tanning extract.

HSK 7-9

栲木坚硬细密，适合做轮轴。

Kǎo mù jiānyìng xìmì, shìhé zuò lúnzhóu.

Chinquapin wood is hard and dense, suitable for axles.

Tips

memory

Wood radical 木 plus 考 (the sound). Think of an old, tested tree whose tough bark is worth harvesting for tanning.

Components

radical

木 mù

tree; wood

The tree radical marks this as a kind of tree, telling the reader 栲 names a hardwood evergreen rather than a verb or abstract sense.

phonetic

考 kǎo

to test; examine

Purely phonetic here, lending the reading kǎo with no semantic input to the tree's meaning.

Stroke Order

栲 kǎo

Related Words

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Chinese scholar tree / pagoda tree / locust tree (Sophora japonica)

树上 shùshàng #7,395

on a tree; in a tree; up in a tree

树叶 shùyè #9,930

tree leaf; tree leaves; foliage

树皮 shùpí #24,066

tree bark / bark

棕榈 zōnglǘ #5,333

palm tree / palm (plant)

提取 tíqǔ HSK 6 #5,583

to extract / to withdraw / to pick up

松 sōng HSK 6 #2,603

loose; slack; relaxed / pine (tree)

木 mù #2,278

wood; tree; timber / numb; wooden (figurative)

露 lù HSK 6 #2,069

dew / syrup; nectar (drink extract) / to reveal; to show; to expose / outdoors; in the open

抽 chōu HSK 5 #1,379

to draw out / to pull out / to smoke (cigarettes) / to extract