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沱
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rivers

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
tuó
タ、ダ
타
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 它 it =
沱 rivers
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
water
它 Phonetic component
tā it
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
沱
Regular
Modern
Chinese
沱 [tuó]
tearful; to branch (of river)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
滂沱 [pāng​tuó] #50,010
pouring
滂沱大雨 [pāng​tuó​dà​yǔ] #51,884
torrents of rain (idiom)
沱茶 [tuó​chá] #52,398
a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pǔ​'ěr​chá], compacted into a bowl or nest shape
涕泗滂沱 [tì​sì​pāng​tuó] #70,007
a flood of tears and mucus
沱沱河 [Tuó​tuó​Hé]
source of Changjiang or Yangtze river
沱灢 [Tuó​nǎng]
see 峴港|岘港[Xiàn​gǎng]
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
滂沱 [ぼうだ] #37,442
streaming (of tears)
落涙滂沱 [らくるいぼうだ]
tears streaming down one's cheeks