Chinese Character 滔 Meanings and components.

Form

滔

Meaning

滔 meaning[3] in English

Overflow.

Torrent-Dash.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EBHX

How to write 滔

To write滔tao1overflow you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 舀yao3to ladle … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 舀 = 滔

滔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

滔
Pinyin:tao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Overflow . Torrent-Dash
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]
舀
Pinyin:yao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Ladle Out . To Scoop Up
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar

Notes

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

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

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