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潮

cháo

HSK 3.0 · 4

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cháo · ciu4 (Jyutping)

  1. tide
  2. damp; moist; humid
  3. fashionable; trendy
  4. (coll.) inferior; substandard

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

潮

Meaning
tide; moist, wet, damp; flow
Radical
氵
Strokes
15
Components
⿰氵朝
Cangjie
EJJB
Four-corner
3712.0

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