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掏

tāo

to take out; to pull out; to clean out

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 匋 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 11 strokes Common (22%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

⿰扌匋 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

táo

匋

pottery

🔤 Pictophonetic: 缶 (pottery) provides meaning, 勹 provides pronunciation

8 strokes

bāo

勹

wrap

2 strokes

fǒu

缶

earthen crock or jar; pottery

📷 Pictographic: An earthen jar

6 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

3 strokes

shān

山

mountain, hill, peak

📷 Pictographic: Three mountain peaks

3 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 掏 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

掏 ↗

tāo

to fish out (from pocket) / to scoop

tāo

掏 ↗

HSK 6

to fish out (from pocket) / to scoop

掏出 ↗

tāochū

to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)

tāochū

掏出 ↗

to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)

掏腰包 ↗

tāoyāobāo

to pay / to foot the bill

tāoyāobāo

掏腰包 ↗

to pay / to foot the bill

to be totally devoted (to a person)

tāoxīntāofèi

掏心掏肺 ↗

to be totally devoted (to a person)