糕
cake
16 strokes
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How 糕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
米 (semantic, “rice”) + 羔 (phonetic, gāo)
How to remember it
cake · Heisig RSH #2040
米 rice + 羊 sheep + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 羔
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 羔 (gāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羔 sound component | gāo | lamb |
| 蓔 | yǎo | a kind of grass |
Words containing 糕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马拉糕 | mǎ lā gāo | Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake |
| 重油蛋糕 | zhòng yóu dàn gāo | pound cake |
| 起士蛋糕 | qǐ shì dàn gāo | cheesecake |
| 黑森林蛋糕 | Hēi Sēn lín dàn gāo | Black Forest cake |
| 起司蛋糕 | qǐ sī dàn gāo | cheesecake |
| 年轮蛋糕 | nián lún dàn gāo | baumkuchen (cake) |
| 小松糕 | xiǎo sōng gāo | muffin |
| 云片糕 | yún piàn gāo | a kind of cake |
| 玉米糕 | yù mǐ gāo | corn cake; polenta (corn mush) |
| 造型蛋糕 | zào xíng dàn gāo | custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character) |
| 发糕 | fā gāo | fa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New Ye… |
| 筒子米糕 | tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo | rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnish… |
| 萨赫蛋糕 | Sà hè dàn gāo | Sachertorte, Viennese chocolate cake |
| 糕点 | gāo diǎn | cakes; pastries |
| 年糕 | nián gāo | nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour |
| 枕头蛋糕 | zhěn tou dàn gāo | loaf cake |
| 海绵蛋糕 | hǎi mián dàn gāo | sponge cake |
| 猪血糕 | zhū xiě gāo | pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, … |
| 松糕鞋 | sōng gāo xié | platform shoes |
| 冰糕 | bīng gāo | ice-cream; popsicle; ice-lolly; sorbet |