桃

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peach

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 10
Radical: 木 +6
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 桃
Common rank: #971
Unicode: U+6843

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Formation & memory

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How 桃 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 兆 sound ( zhào )

Components 木兆

How to remember it

peach · Heisig RSH #238

兆 portent + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 桃

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
桃花心木	táo huā xīn mù	mahogany
桃山区	Táo shān Qū	Taoshan, a district of Qitaihe City 七臺河市\|七台河市[Qi1 tai2 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang
世外桃花源	shì wài táo huā yuán	see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]
桃花水母	táo huā shuǐ mǔ	freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta)
桃城区	Táo chéng Qū	Taocheng, a district of Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei
桃江县	Táo jiāng Xiàn	Taojiang, a county in Yiyang City 益陽市\|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
走桃花运	zǒu táo huā yùn	to have luck with the ladies (idiom)
松桃苗族自治县	Sōng táo Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn	Songtao Miao Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市\|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4], Guizhou
世外桃源	shì wài táo yuán	see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]
桃花运	táo huā yùn	luck with the ladies; a romance; good luck
山胡桃木	shān hú táo mù	hickory
山核桃	shān hé tao	hickory
桃源县	Táo yuán Xiàn	Taoyuan, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan
桃园三结义	Táo yuán Sān Jié yì	Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備\|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛\|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] …
桃色新闻	táo sè xīn wén	sex scandal
桃花源	táo huā yuán	the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity; utopia
松桃县	Sōng táo Xiàn	see 松桃苗族自治縣\|松桃苗族自治县[Song1 tao2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
桃子	táo zi	peach
桃山	Táo shān	see 桃山區\|桃山区[Tao2 shan1 Qu1]
桃心	táo xīn	heart symbol ♥

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 兆 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兆 sound part	zhào	omen; mega-, million
跳	tiào	to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
逃	táo	to abscond, to dodge, to escape, to flee
挑	tiāo	to select, to choose; picky, choosy; a load
姚	yáo	handsome, elegant, attractive; surname
洮	táo	to cleanse; a river in Gansu province
眺	tiào	to gaze, to look at; to scan, to survey
窕	tiǎo	slender; quiet, modest; charming
铫	yáo	hoe; spear; surname
珧	yáo	mother-of-pearl
晁	cháo	morning, dawn; surname
祧	tiāo	ancestral hall
鼗	táo	small revolving drum with knobs