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U+6DD8, 淘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD8

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水心人山 (EPOU), four-corner 37120, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17642
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1656, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6DD8

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'uː) : semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *bl'uː).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • tao5 - literary;
  • do5 - vernacular.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12366
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'uː/

Definitions

  1. to wash in a container in order to remove impurities; to pan
      ―  táojīn  ―  to pan for gold
      ―  táotài  ―  to eliminate; to weed out
  2. (dialectal) to search for goods in an old market
    舊書旧书  ―  táo jiùshū  ―  to search and buy old books
  3. to dredge; to clean out
      ―  táojǐng  ―  to dredge a well
  4. to expend; to consume; to use up; to spend
  5. (dialectal) naughty; mischievous
      ―  táo  ―  naughty; mischievous
    孩子孩子 [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  Zhè háizi táo de hěn!   ―  This kid is very naughty!
  6. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: どう ()
  • Kan-on: とう ()
  • Kun: ゆる (yuru, 淘る)よなぐ (yonagu, 淘ぐ)よなげる (yonageru, 淘げる)

Compounds

See also

Korean

Hanja

(do) (hangeul , revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đào, rào

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