淘
táo HSK7

wash in sieve

淘 táo
to eliminate verb
to eliminate through selection or competition; same as 淘汰 táo​tài
naughty adjectivenoun
(colloquial) mischievous or playful; same as 淘气 táo​qì
to wash or pan
to wash or pan grains, sand, or similar materials in water to remove impurities or collect valuable items
to dredge
to scoop out sediment, waste, or dirty water to clean or clear out a deep space like a well or a drain
to hunt for
(dialect) to search for and buy second-hand goods or bargains
to drain
to use up or exhaust one's energy or spirit
to wash away
to scour or wash away by the action of waves or a current
surname
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,499th most common 19.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,263rd most common 64.1 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.06 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
57.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6DD8

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)