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搞gǎo

to do, make, engage in. 13 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 5.

Pinyin gǎoStrokes 13Radical 扌Band HSK 5Words 2

How to write 搞

Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–13 write 高.

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Stroke order chart for 搞 — 13 strokes, radical 扌

Write 搞 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 搞 · the stroke-order rules

What 搞 is made of

扌 (shǒu, hand) and 高 (gāo, tall).

扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 高 carries the sound.

Words that use 搞

搞(gǎo) to do, make, engage in
口语中泛指从事、做某项具体的事情

他们齐心协力搞了一场绿化活动。Working together, they did a whole greening campaign.

Lesson 424, 邻里亲和 · 鼎新革故与工巧天成 · Systemic Renewal & Masterly Craftsmanship

搞(gǎo)好(hǎo) to do well, get right, handle properly
指把某件事情办理得完善、令人满意

大家齐心协力搞好驻地环境。Everyone pulled together and got right the camp's surroundings.

Lesson 424, 邻里亲和 · 鼎新革故与工巧天成 · Systemic Renewal & Masterly Craftsmanship

Characters that share the sound part 高

Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.

敲qiāo豪háo稿gǎo

More characters with the radical 扌

All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.

找zhǎo拿ná手shǒu打dǎ报bào才cái掉diào护hù换huàn接jiē拉lā排pái提tí挺tǐng推tuī搬bān持chí按àn把bǎ握wò指zhǐ技jì播bō挂guà据jù拍pāi批pī抓zhuā抱bào摆bǎi括kuò操cāo扬yáng擦cā承chéng担dān