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dǎo

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dǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǎo | dao3
English translation
to thresh, to pound; to stir, to disturb; to attack

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About dǎo

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

dǎo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of dǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌島

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

dǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and dǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of dǎo .

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Words with dǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
捣乱 dǎoluàn to disturb搗亂
dǎo pound dǎo
捣蛋 dǎo dàn to cause trouble搗蛋
捣毁 dǎo huǐ to destroy搗毀
捣鼓 dǎo gu to fiddle with sth搗鼓
捣鬼 dǎo guǐ to play tricks搗鬼
捣碎 dǎo suì to mash搗碎
直捣 zhí dǎo to storm直搗
捣腾 dǎo téng peddling搗騰
直捣黄龙 zhí dǎo Huáng Lóng lit. to directly attack Huanglong直搗黃龍
捣弄 dǎo nòng to trade搗弄
磕头如捣蒜 kè tóu rú dǎo suàn lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)磕頭如搗蒜

dǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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