稿 (gǎo): manuscript, draft, stalk of grain
稿 (gǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “manuscript.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (semantic) and 高 (phonetic). It ranks #1576 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 稿 grain. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- manuscript
- draft
- stalk of grain
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 稿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 稿子noun | gǎo zi | draft of a document | 6 |
| 稿件noun | gǎo jiàn | piece of writing submitted for publication | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手稿 | shǒu gǎo | manuscript |
| 投稿 | tóu gǎo | to submit articles for publication |
| 草稿 | cǎo gǎo | draft |
| 撰稿人 | zhuàn gǎo rén | author (of a manuscript) |
| 原稿 | yuán gǎo | manuscript |
| 初稿 | chū gǎo | first draft (of writing) |
| 新闻稿 | xīn wén gǎo | press release |
| 稿费 | gǎo fèi | author's remuneration |
| 文稿 | wén gǎo | manuscript |
| 书稿 | shū gǎo | manuscript of a book |
| 发稿 | fā gǎo | (of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer |
| 修改稿 | xiū gǎi gǎo | revised draft |
| 撰稿 | zhuàn gǎo | to write (an article for publication) |
| 稿纸 | gǎo zhǐ | draft paper |
| 稿酬 | gǎo chóu | fee paid to an author for a piece of writing |
稿 appears in 40 compound words: 15 as the first character, 78 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 稿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
稿字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
gǎo zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "稿" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
来稿|拼搏未必再带来改变
lái gǎo pīn bó wèi bì zài dài lái gǎi biàn
Hard work may not bring about change
来稿|全国“两会”告诉我们什么是“真正看得见...
lái gǎo quán guó liǎng huì gào sù wǒ men shén má shì zhēn zhèng kàn dé jiàn . . .
The National "Two Sessions" tell us what is "truly visible...
来稿|世界工厂变创新大国:中国加入世贸25年...
lái gǎo shì jiè gōng hǎn biàn chuàng xīn dà guó : zhōng guó jiā rù shì mào 2 5 nián . . .
The world's factories have become innovative powers: China has joined the WTO for 25 years...
社会救助法草案二审稿加强个人隐私和个人信息保护_光明网
shè huì jiù zhù fǎ cǎo àn èr shěn gǎo jiā qiáng gè rén yǐn sī hé gè rén xìn xī bǎo hù guāng míng wǎng
The second draft of the draft Social Assistance Law strengthens the protection of personal privacy and personal information_Guangming.com
特稿丨厘清建设军事理论内容体系的实践路径
tè gǎo 丨 lí qīng jiàn shè jūn shì lǐ lùn nèi róng tǐ xì de shí jiàn lù jìng
Special Article丨Clarify the practical path of building a military theoretical content system
他比较了复印稿和原件。
Tā bǐjiào le fùyìn gǎo hé yuánjiàn.
He compared the copy with the original.
我在写演讲的草稿。
Wǒ zài xiě yǎnjiǎng de cǎogǎo.
I am writing a draft of the speech.
喂，请问现在能给我马上送一叠稿子吗？
Wèi, qǐngwèn xiànzài néng gěi wǒ mǎshàng sòng yī dié gǎozi ma?
Hey, could you send over a stack of manuscripts straight away?
我的演讲稿就是依据这个理论写的。
Wǒ de yǎnjiǎng gǎo jiùshì yījù zhège lǐlùn xiě de.
This is the ideology to which my speech is written.
Character Family
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