p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards Sign in

槔

gāo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a well sweep, a counterweighted pole for lifting water (in 桔槔)

Examples

HSK 7-9
农民用桔槔打水浇田。
Nóngmín yòng jiégāo dǎshuǐ jiāo tián.
Farmers used a well sweep to draw water for the fields.
HSK 7-9
桔槔是古代的提水工具。
Jiégāo shì gǔdài de tíshuǐ gōngjù.
The well sweep is an ancient water-lifting device.

Tips

usage
槔 only appears in 桔槔: a pivoted pole with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other, used to swing water up from a well. It is a bound character, not used alone.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; tree
木 is the wood radical, here in its left-side form. A well sweep is a wooden pole-and-lever rig, so the meaning sits under 'wood'.
phonetic
皋 gāo
riverbank
皋 supplies the exact sound gāo. As a word it means a marshy bank, but here it works only as the phonetic beside the wood radical.

Stroke Order

槔 gāo