滔(tāo)

HSK 7-913 strokes

(bound form) to inundate

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Character information

Pinyin
tāo
Meaning
(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 滔 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵舀

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 舀 supplies the sound.

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

Made of

氵shuǐ舀yǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 滔 step by step

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

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Words with 滔

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

tāo滔tāo滔bù不jué绝
HSK 7-9

(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on

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tāo滔tiān天

(of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense

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tāo滔tāo滔

torrential

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huáng黄tāo滔

Huang Tao (840-911), late Tang poet

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tāo滔tiān天dà大zuì罪

heinous crime

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zuì罪è恶tāo滔tiān天

(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes

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From 滔’s common words

不绝天黄大罪恶

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