脱

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to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 兑 sound ( duì )

Components ⺼兑

undress · Heisig RSH #500

flesh + devil

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
脱水机	tuō shuǐ jī	a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)
脱口而出	tuō kǒu ér chū	(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
拉脱维亚	Lā tuō wéi yà	Latvia
通脱木	tōng tuō mù	rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
脱北者	tuō běi zhě	North Korean refugee
脱不了身	tuō bù liǎo shēn	busy and unable to get away
脱水	tuō shuǐ	to dry out; to extract water; dehydration; dehydrated; desiccation
白脱	bái tuō	(loanword) butter
脱机	tuō jī	offline
脱手	tuō shǒu	(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload
密斯脱	mì sī tuō	mister (loanword)
脱发	tuō fà	to lose one's hair; hair loss; alopecia
脱力	tuō lì	exhausted
脱下	tuō xià	to take off (clothing)
出脱	chū tuō	to manage to sell; to dispose of sth (by selling); to get property off one's hands; to fin…
脱出	tuō chū	to break away; to extricate; to escape; to leave the confines of
脱口	tuō kǒu	to blurt out
脱开	tuō kāi	to withdraw
开脱	kāi tuō	to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate
脱光	tuō guāng	to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兑 sound part	duì	cash, check; to exchange
说	shuō	to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
悦	yuè	contented, gratified, pleased
锐	ruì	sharp, pointed; keen, acute