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佗

tuó

Character

What 佗 means

1. carry on the back

Words containing 佗

• 华佗Huà TuóHua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty
• 华佗再世Huà Tuó zài shì(lit.) a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty…

Characters built on 它

These share the phonetic component 它 (tā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 陀tuó(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 鸵tuóostrich
• 坨tuómound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)
• 砣tuósteelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 跎tuóto stumble; to waste time

Characters that look like 佗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您
• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant
• 侬nóngyou (Wu dialect); I, me (classical)
• 侥jiǎoby mere luck
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)

Sounds the same

Read tuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陀(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼hump or hunchbacked; camel
• 坨mound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 驮to carry on one's back
• 砣steelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 鸵ostrich
• 沱tearful; to branch (of river)
• 跎to stumble; to waste time
• 酡flushed (from drinking)
• 驒(horse)
• 橐sack; tube open at both ends; (onomatopoeia) footsteps
• 紽braid on a robe