cáo

trough

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

曹 sound component

  Sound component

cáo

  

plaintiff and defendant

Evolution

槽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
槽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cáo

trough; manger; vat, tank; groove; a distillery; channel; (Tw) (computing) hard drive

Most common words with 槽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

trough

水槽

sink

跳槽

to change jobs

插槽

slot

凹槽

recess