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铎

duó

Character Traditional 鐸

What 铎 means

1. large ancient bell

Other readings

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

• Duósurname Duo

Words containing 铎

• 司铎sī duópriest
• 晋铎jìn duó(Catholicism) to be ordained as a priest
• 都铎王朝Dū duó Wáng cháoTudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603

Characters built on 扌

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

• 括kuò(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise…
• 措cuòto handle; to manage; to put in order
• 托tuōto hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm…
• 扩kuòto enlarge
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 拓tuòto expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop
• 捉zhuōto clutch; to grab; to capture

Characters that look like 铎

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

• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 铨quánto estimate; to select
• 钡bèibarium (chemistry)
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 铧huáplowshare; spade
• 铮zhēngclang of metals; small gong

Sounds the same

Read duó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夺to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of
• 踱to pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. duò
• 度to estimate; Taiwan pr. duò
• 敪to weigh; to cut; to come without being invited
• 鈬surname Duo
• 敚old variant of 夺