糕āo · gāo
cake, pastry. 16 strokes, radical 米, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin āo · gāoStrokes 16Radical 米Band HSK 5Words 2
How to write 糕
Strokes 1–6 write 米, then strokes 7–16 write 羔.
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 糕 · the stroke-order rules
What 糕 is made of
米 (mǐ, rice) and 羔 (gāo, lamb).
米 carries the meaning — rice — and 羔 carries the sound.
Words that use 糕
| 蛋糕 | cake 一种用面粉、鸡蛋和糖等烤制的甜点 庆功宴上大家共享美味蛋糕。At the celebration banquet everyone shared a delicious cake. Lesson 411, 时代担当 · 权变谋断与山川定序 · Resourcefulness & Territorial Order |
| 糟糕 | terrible, awful (of a situation) 指事情发展得很不好的状态 避免了糟糕局面，农田绝不至于变糟。Experts steered the crops away from a terrible outcome. Lesson 521, 春华秋实 · 笃行安澜与同舟共济 · Steadfast Peace & Standing Together in Adversity |
More characters with the radical 米
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 米 radical page.