Chinese Character 涛 Meanings and components.

Form

涛

Meaning

涛 meaning[3] in English

Big Wave.

Taiwan Pr. [Tao2].

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EQKI

How to write 涛

To write涛tao1big wave you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 寿shou4surname Shou arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 寿 = 涛

涛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

涛
Pinyin:tao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Big Wave . Taiwan Pr. [Tao2]
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]
寿
Pinyin:shou4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Shou
丰
Pinyin:feng1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Luxuriant . Buxom . Variant Of 豐|丰[Feng1] . Variant Of 風|风[Feng1] . Appearance . Charm
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

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

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

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