鎬 (gǎo): pickaxe

Measure Word

一把鎬 bǎ

Meanings

1 pickaxe
2 pick (mining/digging tool)

Characters

鎬

gǎo

pickaxe/bright/place name

Examples

矿工用鎬挖掘矿石。

Kuànggōng yòng gǎo wājué kuàngshí.

Miners use pickaxes to dig up ore.

他拿着一把鎬开始挖地。

Tā ná zhe yī bǎ gǎo kāishǐ wā dì.

He picked up a pickaxe and started digging the ground.

Tips

usage

鎬 specifically refers to a pickaxe or similar heavy digging tool. It is also the simplified form of 鎬 used for the ancient city name 鎬京 (Haojing), Zhou dynasty capital.

Stroke Order

鎬 gǎo

Related Words

工具 gōngjù HSK 3 #2,330

tool; instrument; implement / means (figurative)

摘 zhāi HSK 5 #4,142

to pick (fruit, flowers); to pluck / to take off; to remove (glasses, hat) / to select; to excerpt

欺负 qīfu HSK 6 #4,083

to bully; to pick on; to push around

挑选 tiāoxuǎn HSK 4 #3,881

to choose / to select / to pick out

夹 jiā HSK 5 #3,270

to clip; to clamp; to squeeze / to carry under the arm / to pick up (food with chopsticks)

提取 tíqǔ #5,583

to extract / to withdraw / to pick up

捡 jiǎn HSK 6 #2,611

to pick up (from the ground) / to collect; to gather

道具 dàojù HSK 7 #5,757

prop (theater/film) / stage property / tool; implement

挑 tiāo HSK 4 #1,614

to choose / to pick / to carry on a shoulder pole

具 jù #1,583

tool; device; utensil / to possess; to have / measure word for corpses, coffins