Chinese Character Wiki
巢

cháo

nest

Pictograph of a nest (甾) in a tree (木).

Components
甾 iconic component

甾  Iconic component

zāi

  

container

Depicts a bird's nest.

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

巢 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
巢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
巢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巢  

cháo

nest, living quarter in tree; nest

巢  

Cháo

surname Chao

Most common words with 巢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

巢

nest

卵巢

ovary

巢穴

lair

鸟巢

bird's nest

蜂巢

beehive

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

勦 剿 缫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ˤraw

dzraew

cháo

nest


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.4370% of movies

2478th most common character in movies

2298th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5DE2

Shuowen

“巢，鳥在木上曰巢，在穴曰窠。从木，象形。”


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