HSK 5

(kǎo): bake, roast, toast

kǎo

bake, roast, toast

Pinyin

kǎo

HSK Level

Level 5

Characters

1

English Meaning

bake, roast, toast

How to Write (kǎo)

is written in 10 strokes. Follow the stroke order below, drawing each highlighted stroke in turn.

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Origin of

A phono-semantic compound: 火 (fire) carries the meaning, and 考 hints at the pronunciation.

What is Made Of

is built from 2 components:

fire, flame
to test, to investigate, to examine

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kǎoyā

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