濤 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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tāo

large waves

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

壽 Sound component

shòu

old age

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

tāo

large waves; big wave; Taiwan pr. [táo]

Most common words with 濤

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	涛	big wave
	胡锦涛	Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
	波涛	great waves
	惊涛骇浪	perilous situation
	浪涛	ocean wave

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.8329% of movies

3255th most common character in movies

2054th most common character in books

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