涛
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big wave; Taiwan pr. [tao2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 水 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 涛
- Common rank
- #3,371
- Unicode
- U+6D9B
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
large waves · Heisig RSH #2577
水 water + long, gray, beard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 涛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石涛 | Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet | |
| 世涛 | stout (beer) (loanword) | |
| 胡锦涛 | Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013 | |
| 波涛 | billows; great waves; surging waves | |
| 惊涛骇浪 | perilous situation | |
| 惊涛 | raging waves; stormy waves | |
| 浪涛 | ocean wave; billows | |
| 波涛汹涌 | waves surging forth; roaring sea |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 寿 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿 sound part | old age, longevity; lifespan | |
| 筹 | chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money | |
| 祷 | to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer | |
| 铸 | to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin | |
| 畴 | field, farmland; class, category | |
| 踌 | to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied | |
| 焘 | to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop | |
| 帱 | to cover up; curtain | |
| 梼 | wood block; idiot, blockhead |