糕 Posted on January 29, 2020December 27, 2022 by Chai Laoshi 汉字 拼音 部首 部首意思 汉字意思 糕 gāo 米 rice (rice) cake
To make a cake you need heat (fire), rice, and …. a sheep?
Ticks are candles and the radical wang is a cake.
To make a cake, you need rice(radical), fire, Wang and his two eyes(not for cooking though)
The fire radical remind me of rice grains.
You could think of the lines as candles on the cake and the other 2 lines as a rice in a bowl.
Rice wrapped around (goat) meat makes a savory cake.
left radical looks like rice plant, right side of the character looks like birthday cake with two candles on top, on striped table cloth.
Imagine a character shaped like a cheerful cake, with a golden sponge body and colorful frosting.