The 匋 family
匋 · táo · ㄊㄠˊ — pottery
Know 匋 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 萄、淘、陶、掏. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 萄táo · ㄊㄠˊ部首 艸 · grassgrapes93%
- 淘táo · ㄊㄠˊ部首 氵 三點水 · waterto wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste)93%
- 陶táo · ㄊㄠˊ部首 阝 耳朵旁 · moundpottery; pleased93%
- 掏tāo · ㄊㄠ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto fish out (from pocket); to scoop84%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 匋 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 匋 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 91%.
Words this family builds
- 淘汰
- 葡萄
- 葡萄酒
- 葡萄牙
- 淘氣
- 掏出
- 陶醉
- 葡萄乾
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