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套

tào

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

tào · tou3 (Jyutping)

  1. to cover
  2. to encase
  3. cover
  4. sheath
  5. to overlap
  6. to interleave
  7. to model after
  8. to copy
  9. formula
  10. harness
  11. loop of rope
  12. (fig.) to fish for
  13. to obtain slyly
  14. classifier for sets, collections
  15. bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. tau (Greek letter Ττ)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

套

Meaning
case, cover, wrapper, envelope
Radical
大
Strokes
10
Components
⿱大镸
Cangjie
KSMI
Four-corner
4073.1

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