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滔

滔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 河川があふれる。多く「滔滔」の形で用いる。
  2. 広大なさま。
  3. 傲慢なさま。
  4. 集まる。
  5. 「謟」の通字。疑う。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「舀」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

overflowing

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウ
Kun (native)
  • はびこ(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音tao1
  • 한글do
  • Hán-ViệtThao
  • Hán-ViệtĐào

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6ED4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵舀

Words using this kanji

  • 滔々とうとうtorrentially, swiftly flowing (water, esp. river), voluminously flowing, (speak) eloquently
  • 滔天とうてん天までみなぎること。 極めて勢いが盛んなこと。tremendous (vigor, force, etc.), overwhelming

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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