稠
dense; crowded; thick; many
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,948 U+7A20
How 稠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
禾 (semantic, “grain”) + 周 (phonetic, zhōu)
How to remember it
dense · Heisig RSH #2009
wild rice + lap
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 周
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 周 (zhōu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周 sound component | zhōu | Zhou dynasty; circumference |
| 调 | tiáo | tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange |
| 雕 | diāo | to carve, to engrave; eagle, vulture |
| 绸 | chóu | silk cloth, satin damask |
| 凋 | diāo | withered, fallen; exhausted |
| 赒 | zhōu | to give to charity; to give alms |
| 鲷 | diāo | porgy; Pagrosomus major |
| 啁 | zhōu | to chirp, to twitter |
| 惆 | chóu | distressed, regretful, sad |
| 碉 | diāo | watchtower |
| 椆 | chóu | a species of tree resistant to cold weather |
| 蜩 | tiáo | cicada, broad locust |
Words containing 稠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人口稠密 | rén kǒu chóu mì | populous |
| 人烟稠密 | rén yān chóu mì | (idiom) densely populated |
| 地狭人稠 | dì xiá rén chóu | (idiom) small and densely populated |
| 地窄人稠 | dì zhǎi rén chóu | see 地狹人稠|地狭人稠[di4 xia2 ren2 chou2] |
| 增稠剂 | zēng chóu jì | thickener |
| 黏稠度 | nián chóu dù | viscosity |
| 稠密 | chóu mì | dense |
| 粘稠度 | nián chóu dù | viscosity |
| 增稠 | zēng chóu | to thicken |
| 浓稠 | nóng chóu | thick; dense and creamy |
| 稠浊 | chóu zhuó | numerous and confused; forming a confused mass |
| 粘稠 | nián chóu | viscous; thick and sticky |