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淘
táo
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
táo · tou4 (Jyutping)
- to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities)
- to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste)
- (dialect) to hunt for and buy (bargains or second-hand goods)
- (dialect) naughty; mischievous
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Character breakdown
淘
- Meaning
- wash in a sieve; weed out
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰氵匋
- Cangjie
- EPOU
- Four-corner
- 3712.0
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.