糟蹋 zāotà waste; ruin

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Stroke order

糟蹋 is written in 34 strokes across 2 characters.

糟蹋 — the Chinese character for waste; ruin (zāotà), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 糟蹋 — waste; ruin

糟 — 17 strokes
蹋 — 17 strokes

Senses

to waste; to spoil
to ruin; to wreck
to insult; to humiliate
to defile (a woman); to rape

Characters in 糟蹋

糟 zāo — dregs; draff; pickled in wine
蹋 tà — to step on

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

糟蹋 is pronounced zāotà and means “waste; ruin”.

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