chāo

copy, grab

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

少 sound component

  Sound component

shǎoshào

  

few

Definitions

 

chāo

copy, confiscate, seize; to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms

Most common words with 抄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to raid

抄袭

to copy

包抄

to outflank

抄写

to copy

抄本

handwritten copy