膏

gāo
#2,667 most
frequent character
ointment, paste
Measure words:帖 tiě

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

膏 has 肉 meat as its picture part and 高 gāo as a sound part. It first meant fatty meat, then grew to fat or oil, and then to ointment or paste. Read gào, it means to lubricate, to apply, or to dip a brush in ink.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

膏gào
to moisten, to grease

Homophones

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

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