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surging

HSK 7
Nature →Elements →Water
tāo
トウ
はびこ.る
도
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 舀 dip =
滔 surging
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
water
舀 Phonetic component
yǎo dip
dip, ladle
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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 Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
滔
Regular
Modern
Chinese
滔 [tāo]
overflow; torrent-dash
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (11)
滔滔不绝 [tāo​tāo​bù​jué] #15,856
unceasing torrent (idiom)
滔滔不绝 [tāo​tāo​bù​jué] #15,856
unceasing torrent (idiom)
滔滔 [tāo​tāo] #36,946
torrential
罪恶滔天 [zuì​'è​tāo​tiān] #59,882
evil crimes fill heaven (idiom)
罪恶滔天 [zuì​'è​tāo​tiān] #59,882
evil crimes fill heaven (idiom)
黄滔 [Huáng​Tāo] #69,693
Huang Tao (840-911), late Tang poet
黄滔 [Huáng​Tāo] #69,693
Huang Tao (840-911), late Tang poet
万恶滔天 [wàn​'è​tāo​tiān]
so much evil that it reaches all the way to heaven (idiom)
洪水滔滔 [hóng​shuǐ​tāo​tāo]
widespread flooding (idiom)
滔天大罪 [tāo​tiān​dà​zuì]
heinous crime
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
滔々 [とうとう] #25,855
torrentially