tāo
large waves
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 濤
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
big wave | ||
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013 | ||
great waves | ||
perilous situation | ||
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
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6FE4 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“濤,大波也。从水,壽聲。” |
Sources
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