Chinese Character 淘 Meanings and components.

Form

淘

Meaning

淘 meaning[3] in English

To Wash.

To Clean Out.

To Cleanse.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EPOU

How to write 淘

To write淘tao2to wash you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 匋tao2pottery arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 匋 = 淘

淘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

淘
Pinyin:tao2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Wash . To Clean Out . To Cleanse . To Eliminate . To Dredge
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]
匋
Pinyin:tao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Pottery
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
缶
Pinyin:fou3
Meaning[3]: Pottery

Notes

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

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

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