滔
tāo HSK7

overflow

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

舀
舀 Sound component
yǎo to scoop up

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthawl̥ ˤurushing water
Zhengzhangl̥ʰuː
Unicodetɑu

說文解字

水漫漫大皃。从水舀聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)