脱
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to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #578 U+8131
How 脱 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 兑 (phonetic, duì)
How to remember it
undress · Heisig RSH #500
flesh + devil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 兑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 兑 (duì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兑 sound component | duì | cash, check; to exchange |
| 说 | shuō | to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid |
| 悦 | yuè | contented, gratified, pleased |
| 锐 | ruì | sharp, pointed; keen, acute |
Words containing 脱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脱水机 | tuō shuǐ jī | a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge) |
| 脱口而出 | tuō kǒu ér chū | (idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark) |
| 拉脱维亚 | Lā tuō wéi yà | Latvia |
| 通脱木 | tōng tuō mù | rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus) |
| 脱北者 | tuō běi zhě | North Korean refugee |
| 脱不了身 | tuō bù liǎo shēn | busy and unable to get away |
| 脱水 | tuō shuǐ | to dry out; to extract water; dehydration; dehydrated; desiccation |
| 白脱 | bái tuō | (loanword) butter |
| 脱机 | tuō jī | offline |
| 脱手 | tuō shǒu | (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload |
| 密斯脱 | mì sī tuō | mister (loanword) |
| 脱发 | tuō fà | to lose one's hair; hair loss; alopecia |
| 脱力 | tuō lì | exhausted |
| 脱下 | tuō xià | to take off (clothing) |
| 出脱 | chū tuō | to manage to sell; to dispose of sth (by selling); to get property off one's hands; to fin… |
| 脱出 | tuō chū | to break away; to extricate; to escape; to leave the confines of |
| 脱口 | tuō kǒu | to blurt out |
| 脱开 | tuō kāi | to withdraw |
| 开脱 | kāi tuō | to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate |
| 脱光 | tuō guāng | to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner |