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tuǒ

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tuǒ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tuǒ | tuo3
English translation
ellipse
elliptical, oval-shaped; tubular

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About tuǒ

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

tuǒ

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of tuǒ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木陏

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

duò

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and duò represents the sound. Simplified form of tuǒ .

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Example sentences using tuǒ

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yòng 两把小匙 jiāng 奶酪 nǎi lào 混合物 hùn hé wù 塑成圆球 yuán qiú huò 椭圆球形状 xíngzhuàng

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Words with tuǒ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
椭圆 tuǒyuán oval橢圓
椭圆形 tuǒ yuán xíng oval橢圓形
tuǒ ellipse tuǒ
椭球 tuǒ qiú ellipsoid (math)橢球

tuǒ Decomposition & Compounds

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tuǒ Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up tuǒ and their own compounds.

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