倒(dǎo)

HSK 210 strokes
Readingsdǎodào

to fall

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Character information

Pinyin
dǎo / dào
Meaning
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 倒 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰亻到

In this compound, the meaning comes from 亻 (person); 到 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

亻rén到dào

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 倒 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 倒

Common words using 倒 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

dǎo倒shì是
HSK 5

contrary to what one might expect

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dǎo倒xià下
HSK 7-9

to collapse; to topple over

Open 倒下 page →
dǎo倒tā塌
HSK 7-9

to collapse (of building)

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dào倒shǔ数
HSK 7-9

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)

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dǎo倒fú伏

(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat

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dǎo倒xiū休

to shift holidays, taking a weekday off

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yī一biān边dǎo倒

to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side

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sān三bān班dǎo倒

three-shift system (work rostering)

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万且业为主举久乐

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是下塌数伏休一边

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