Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (濤)
Simplified (涛)
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Historical Evolution
涛
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
涛
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
涛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
涛 / 濤 [tāo]
big wave; Taiwan pr. [táo]
Japanese
noun
- wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell
- ups and downs
- (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes
- tendency; (new) wave
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
濤 とう
Tou unclassified name
濤 どう
Dou unclassified name
濤 なみ
Nami female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (10)
胡锦涛 [HúJǐntāo] #3,883
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
波涛 [bōtāo] #22,046
great waves
惊涛骇浪 [jīngtāohàilàng] #45,647
perilous situation
浪涛 [làngtāo] #44,574
ocean wave
波涛汹涌 [bōtāoxiōngyǒng] #34,005
waves surging forth
石涛 [ShíTāo] #47,185
Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet
世涛 [shìtāo]
stout (beer) (loanword)
波涛磷磷 [bōtāolínlín]
variant of 波濤粼粼|波涛粼粼[bōtāolínlín]
波涛粼粼 [bōtāolínlín]
crystalline waves (idiom)
惊涛 [jīngtāo]
raging waves
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
⭐ 波 [なみ] #2,273
wave
⭐ 怒涛 [どとう] #20,014
surging waves
滔々 [とうとう] #25,855
torrentially
波濤 [はとう] #38,268
surging sea
怒涛の勢い [どとうのいきおい] #49,918
with great vigour
疾風怒濤 [しっぷうどとう] #81,127
storm and stress
松濤 [しょうとう] #95,196
sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)
狂瀾怒涛 [きょうらんどとう] #143,076
maelstrom
風濤 [ふうとう] #218,434
wind and waves
波濤万里 [はとうばんり] #314,682
faraway lands
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KOREAN WORDS (3)