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焘

dào

Character Traditional 燾

What 焘 means

1. cover over
2. to envelope

Other readings

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

• tāoused in given names

Words containing 焘

• 张国焘Zhāng Guó tāoZhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to…
• 郭嵩焘Guō Sōng tāoGuo Songtao (1818–1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain…

Characters built on 寿

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

• 祷dǎoprayer; pray; supplication
• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 梼táodunce; blockhead

Sounds the same

Read dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 到to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 道road; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 盗to steal; to rob; to plunder
• 悼to mourn; to lament
• 稻paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump
• 纛big banner; feather banner or fan
• 翿feather banner or fan
• 帱canopy
• 稲variant of 稻
• 衟old variant of 道