chāo

to make a copy

to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms

hand (扌) + sound only (少) = grab, copy, or cut a corner

The hand radical anchors all the physical senses: grabbing a shortcut, raiding a place, or copying by hand. 少 contributes the sound chāo rather than meaning.

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了一条近路,比我们早到了。

tā chāo le yī tiáo jìn lù, bǐ wǒ men zǎo dào le。

he took a shortcut and arrived earlier than us.

老师发现他了同学的作业,很生气。

lǎo shī fā xiàn tā chāo le tóng xué de zuò yè, hěn shēng qì。

the teacher found out he had copied a classmate's homework and was very angry.

Words with 抄

抄送

chāo sòng

to make a copy (and send it to someone)

抄道

chāo dào

to take a shortcut

一言抄百总

yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng

to cut a long story short

做小抄

zuò xiǎo chāo

to prepare a crib sheet

传抄

chuán chāo

to copy (a text) from person to person

兜抄

dōu chāo

to close in from the rear and flanks; to surround and attack; to mop up (remnant enemy troops)

包抄

bāo chāo

to outflank

小抄

xiǎo chāo

cheat sheet

小抄儿

xiǎo chāo r

erhua variant of 小抄[xiao3 chao1]

手抄本

shǒu chāo běn

manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)

抄后路

chāo hòu lù

to outflank and attack from the rear

抄件

chāo jiàn

duplicate (copy)

More characters with 扌