槽 = 木 + 曹

槽 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “trough”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 曹 (ministry officials).

Keyword: trough
Pinyin (Mandarin): cáo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: корыто
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 槽 vat

Decomposition

ids

木 tree
曹 ministry officials

How to find 槽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “ministry officials”. 槽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 槽 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.