糕

gāo
#2,408 most
frequent character
cake

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

糕 gāo combines 米 rice or grain with 羔 gāo for sound. It first meant a cake or biscuit made from grain, rice, or bean flour. The meaning then grew to cake or cake-like.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

糕gāo
variant of 糕[gao1]

Homophones

HSK 2
高gāo
high, tall, above average, loud

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