槽
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Meaning: trough
💡 Imagine a wooden trough (木) for feeding a noisy crowd (曹) — 'cáo' sounds like 'cow'.
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Character Story & Explanation
槽 (cáo) means 'trough' or 'groove', like a long, narrow container for water or animal feed. It combines the radical 木 (wood) with 曹 (cáo, which hints at pronunciation). In modern Chinese, it is used in words like 水槽 (sink) and 槽 (groove). Culturally, wooden troughs were common in farming.
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