zào

to make; to build; to manufacture

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

工人在造船。

Workers are building a ship.

大桥造了三年。

The bridge took three years to build.