糟

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dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

米 (semantic, “grain”) + 曹 (phonetic, cáo)

components: 米曹

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米 rice + cadet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曹

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曹 (cáo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
曹 sound component	cáo	ministers, officials; a company; surname
槽	cáo	trough, manger; vat, tank; distillery
遭	zāo	to meet, to encounter, to come across
嘈	cáo	bustling, noisy
漕	cáo	canal, watercourse; to transport by sea
蹧	zāo	to spoil; to ruin
螬	cáo	grubs found in fruit
艚	cáo	ship, junk

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一团乱糟	yī tuán luàn zāo	a chaotic mess
糟溜黄鱼片	zāo liū huáng yú piàn	stir-fried yellow fish filet
一团糟	yī tuán zāo	chaos; bungle; complete mess; shambles
乌七八糟	wū qī bā zāo	everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy
乱七八糟	luàn qī bā zāo	(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
糟溜黄鱼	zāo liū huáng yú	stir-fried yellow fish filet
取其精华，去其糟粕	qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò	take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, d…
酒糟鼻	jiǔ zāo bí	rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
糟心	zāo xīn	vexed; annoyed; upset
污七八糟	wū qī bā zāo	variant of 烏七八糟\|乌七八糟[wu1 qi1 ba1 zao1]
酒糟	jiǔ zāo	distiller's grain; wine lees
糟了	zāo le	gosh!; oh no!; darn!
弄糟	nòng zāo	to spoil; to mess up
糟透	zāo tòu	in a bad state; horrible; dreadful; entirely regrettable
乱糟糟	luàn zāo zāo	chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess
污糟	wū zāo	filthy; unhygienic; squalid; gross
糟踏	zāo tà	variant of 糟蹋[zao1 ta4]
去其糟粕	qù qí zāo pò	to remove the dross; to discard the dregs
糟糕	zāo gāo	too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
糟糠妻	zāo kāng qī	wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband