巢
nest
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,885 U+5DE2
How 巢 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A nest 巛田 built in a tree 木
How to remember it
nest · Heisig RSH #2179
川 stream + 果 fruit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 巢 as their sound component
These characters all use 巢 (cháo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巢 sound component | cháo | nest, living quarters in tree |
| 剿 | jiǎo | to annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate |
| 缫 | sāo | to draw, to reel in |
Words containing 巢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄巢起义 | Huáng Cháo qǐ yì | Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao |
| 黄巢之乱 | Huáng Cháo zhī luàn | late Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao |
| 巢湖市 | Cháo hú Shì | Chaohu, a county-level city in Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 暖巢管家 | nuǎn cháo guǎn jiā | housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with… |
| 倾巢而出 | qīng cháo ér chū | the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength |
| 覆巢之下无完卵 | fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn | lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom); fig. when one falls in disgrace… |
| 多囊卵巢综合症 | duō náng luǎn cháo zōng hé zhèng | polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) |
| 老巢 | lǎo cháo | (fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces) |
| 空巢 | kōng cháo | empty nest; a home where the kids have grown up and moved out |
| 黄巢 | Huáng Cháo | Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang |
| 倾巢来犯 | qīng cháo lái fàn | to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom) |
| 香巢 | xiāng cháo | a love nest; a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory) |
| 鸟巢 | niǎo cháo | bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium |
| 精巢 | jīng cháo | (zoology) spermary; (in higher animals) testicle |
| 爱巢 | ài cháo | love nest |
| 雀巢 | Què cháo | Nestlé |
| 巢湖 | Cháo Hú | Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui |
| 巢湖 | Cháo hú | see 巢湖市[Chao2 hu2 Shi4] |
| 卵精巢 | luǎn jīng cháo | ovaries and testes |
| 覆巢无完卵 | fù cháo wú wán luǎn | lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact; no member escapes unscathed from a fam… |