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淘
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wash in a container

HSK 7
Nature →Elements →Water
táo
トウ
よな.げる
도
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 匋 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 匋 pottery =
淘 wash in a container
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
匋 Phonetic component
táo pottery
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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
Chinese
淘 [táo]
to wash; to clean out; to cleanse; to eliminate; to dredge
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (24)
淘汰 [táo​tài] #1,154
to wash out
淘气 [táo​qì] #8,367
naughty
淘气 [táo​qì] #8,367
naughty
淘金 [táo​jīn] #18,105
to pan for gold
淘汰赛 [táo​tài​sài] #16,048
a knockout competition
淘汰赛 [táo​tài​sài] #16,048
a knockout competition
小淘气 [Xiǎo​táo​qì] #14,044
Rogue, Marvel Comics superhero
小淘气 [Xiǎo​táo​qì] #14,044
Rogue, Marvel Comics superhero
淘米 [táo​mǐ] #33,651
to rinse rice
淘金者 [táo​jīn​zhě] #50,488
gold panner
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JAPANESE WORDS (13)
⭐ 揺る [ゆる] #7,231
to shake
淘汰 [とうた] #27,506
weeding out
自然淘汰 [しぜんとうた] #76,417
natural selection
性淘汰 [せいとうた] #269,369
sexual selection
整理淘汰 [せいりとうた] #289,231
reorganizing an industry or enterprise and weeding out redundant workers
淘げる [よなげる] #296,063
to separate and discard
人為淘汰 [じんいとうた] #305,884
artificial selection
淘汰作用 [とうたさよう] #316,352
sifting out
人員淘汰 [じんいんとうた]
personnel reduction
淘宝網 [タオバオワン]
Taobao (Chinese online shopping platform)
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