Chinese Character 洮 Meanings and components.

Form

洮

Meaning

洮 meaning[3] in English

To Cleanse.

Name Of A River.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 洮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Zhao (兆)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ELMO

How to write 洮

To write洮tao2to cleanse you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 兆zhao4surname Zhao arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 兆 = 洮

洮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 洮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 洮, looks as follow:

洮
Pinyin:tao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cleanse . Name Of A River
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
兆
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhao

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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