淘

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to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste); (dialect) to hunt for and buy (bargains or second-hand goods); (dialect) naughty; mischievous

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,389 U+6DD8

How 淘 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 匋 (phonetic, táo)

components: 氵匋

How to remember it

wash in a container · Heisig RSH #2884

水 water + canteen

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 匋

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 匋 (táo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
匋 sound component	táo	pottery
萄	táo	grapes
掏	tāo	to take out; to pull out; to clean out
啕	táo	to wail
醄	táo	drunk, flushed, happy

Words containing 淘

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小淘气	Xiǎo táo qì	Rogue, Marvel Comics superhero
小淘气	xiǎo táo qì	rascal
淘金者	táo jīn zhě	gold panner; prospector for gold
淘金热	táo jīn rè	gold rush
淘宝网	Táo bǎo Wǎng	Taobao Marketplace, a Chinese website for online shopping
淘金潮	táo jīn cháo	gold rush
海淘	hǎi táo	online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas
淘金	táo jīn	to pan for gold; (fig.) to seek quick profits; to cash in (on an opportunity)
淘气	táo qì	naughty; mischievous
淘神	táo shén	troublesome; bothersome
淘河	táo hé	pelican
淘米	táo mǐ	to rinse rice
淘客	táo kè	talk (loanword); chatline of PRC Internet company Taobao, taokshop.com
淘宝	Táo bǎo	Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website (abbr. for 淘寶網\|淘宝网[Tao2 bao3 Wang3])
淘洗	táo xǐ	to wash
淘选	táo xuǎn	to decant; to strain off
末位淘汰	mò wèi táo tài	sacking the worst-performing employee; elimination of the worst-performing contestant
淘析	táo xī	to strain; to wash and filter
淘汰赛	táo tài sài	a knockout competition
淘汰	táo tài	to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out