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遢

tā

Character

What 遢 means

1. used in {邋遢|lā ta}
2. Taiwan pr. tà

Words containing 遢

• 邋遢lā taunkempt
• 邋里邋遢lā li lā tamessy; slovenly; unkempt

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
• 沓dáclassifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad; 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 遢

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

• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for
• 遮zhēto cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape

Sounds the same

Read tā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 他(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 她she
• 它it
• 塌to collapse; to droop; to settle down
• 祂(third-person pronoun for God in the Christian Bible)…
• 铊thallium (chemistry)
• 褟inner shirt; to sew onto clothing; see also 禢
• TAhe or she
• 溻(of clothes) to be soaked with sweat
• 踏see 踏实
• 趿see 趿拉
• 㐌variant of 它