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沓

dá

Character

What 沓 means

1. classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad
2. Taiwan pr. tà

Other readings

沓 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tàagain and again; many
• Tàsurname Ta

Words containing 沓

• 纷至沓来fēn zhì tà láito come thick and fast (idiom)
• 拖沓tuō tàdilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout
• 疲沓pí taslack; remiss; negligent
• 重沓chóng tàredundant; to pile up
• 杂沓zá tàsmall craftsman (contemptuous); clatter (e.g. of footsteps); jumbled mass
• 拖拖沓沓tuō tuō tà tàdragging one's feet

Characters built on 日

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

• 榻tàcouch
• 塌tāto collapse; to droop; to settle down
• 蹋tàto step on
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 旯láused in 旮旯
• 旮gāused in 旮旯
• 鳎tǎsole (fish)
• 褟tāinner shirt; to sew onto clothing; see also 禢

Characters that look like 沓

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

• 委wěito entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 奎kuícrotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

Sounds the same

Read dá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 达to attain; to reach; to amount to
• 答to answer; to reply; to respond
• 瘩sore; boil; scab
• 妲female personal name (archaic)
• 打(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. dǎ
• 靼(phonetic); dressed leather
• 鞑Tartar; a tribe in China
• 怛distressed; alarmed; shocked
• 繨a knot (of a rope)
• 笪rough bamboo mat
• 龖(literary) dragons in flight
• 剳hook; sickle