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táo

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táo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
táo | tao2
English translation
to cleanse; a river in Gansu province

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About táo

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

táo

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of táo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵兆

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Zhào

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Words with táo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
临洮 Lín táo Lintao county in Dingxi 定西 Dìng xī [Dìng​xī], Gansu臨洮
táo to cleanse táo
临洮县 Lín táo xiàn Lintao county in Dingxi 定西 Dìng xī [Dìng​xī], Gansu臨洮縣
洮南 Táo nán Taonan county level city in Baicheng 白城 Bái chéng , Jilin洮南 Táo nán
洮南市 Táo nán shì Taonan county level city in Baicheng 白城 Bái chéng , Jilin洮南市 Táo nán shì
洮北区 Táo běi qū Taobei district of Baicheng city 白城市 Bái chéng shì , Jilin洮北區

táo Decomposition & Compounds

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