槽

trough; manger; groove; channel; (Tw) (computing) hard drive

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 曹 (phonetic, cáo)

components: 木曹

trough · Heisig RSH #2235

木 tree + 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
糟	zāo	sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
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
三马同槽	sān mǎ tóng cáo	three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿\|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his t…
水落归槽	shuǐ luò guī cáo	spilt water returns to the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong
吐槽大会	Tù cáo Dà huì	Roast! (PRC comedy series)
水槽	shuǐ cáo	sink
槽头	cáo tóu	feeding trough in stable
马槽	mǎ cáo	manger
槽车	cáo chē	tanker (truck)
槽齿目	cáo chǐ mù	Thecodontia (obsolete taxonomic grouping of reptiles)
槽点	cáo diǎn	(slang) an aspect that invites ridicule (e.g. a film's plot inconsistencies or unrealistic…
河槽	hé cáo	river bed; channel
卡槽	kǎ cáo	(electronics) card slot (for SD card, SIM card etc); clamping groove
血槽	xuè cáo	fuller; blood groove (on a blade); (gaming) health bar
食槽	shí cáo	manger
槽齿类	cáo chǐ lèi	thecodont (type of reptile that existed in the Permian and Triassic Periods)
槽位	cáo wèi	slot
倒槽	dǎo cáo	to die out (of livestock)
胸槽	xiōng cáo	cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts)
槽牙	cáo yá	(coll.) molar; back tooth
槽孔	cáo kǒng	slot; groove; slotted hole
槽罐车	cáo guàn chē	tanker truck; tank truck