巢 — Chinese character
巢
cháo
nest, living quarters in tree
- Pinyin
- cháo
- Radical
- 47 ⼮ (River)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 巛 果
- Formation
- ideographic — A nest 巛田 built in a tree 木
- Japanese
- 巢 as a kanji
Common words with 巢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巢穴 | cháo xué | lair; nest |
| 卵巢 | luǎn cháo | ovary |
| 鸟巢 (鳥巢) | niǎo cháo | bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium |
| 筑巢 (築巢) | zhù cháo | to nest; to build a nest |
| 蜂巢 | fēng cháo | honeycomb; beehive |
| 老巢 | lǎo cháo | (fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces) |
| 倾巢而出 (傾巢而出) | qīng cháo ér chū | the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength |
| 倾巢 (傾巢) | qīng cháo | lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us); a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains) |
| 爱巢 (愛巢) | ài cháo | love nest |
| 空巢 | kōng cháo | empty nest; a home where the kids have grown up and moved out |
| 蚁巢 (蟻巢) | yǐ cháo | ant nest |
| 精巢 | jīng cháo | (zoology) spermary; (in higher animals) testicle |
English words written with 巢
巢 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 4
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