沓
2 readings · tap one to hear it
again and again; many
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 沓
- Common rank
- #3,470
- Unicode
- U+6C93
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 沓
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纷至沓来 | to come thick and fast (idiom) | |
| 重沓 | redundant; to pile up | |
| 杂沓 | small craftsman (contemptuous); clatter (e.g. of footsteps); jumbled mass; press of bodies… | |
| 拖沓 | dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout | |
| 拖拖沓沓 | dragging one's feet | |
| 疲沓 | slack; remiss; negligent |
Sound family
These characters use 沓 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沓 sound part | connected, joined; repeated | |
| 踏 | to trample, to tread on, to walk over |