Read Edit View history Discussion 濤 tāo large waves Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas tāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 涛 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 濤 Simp strokes 濤 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 濤 Simp strokes 濤 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 濤 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 225, 735 ], [ 296, 690 ], [ 322, 651 ] ], [ [ 139, 528 ], [ 213, 477 ], [ 229, 453 ] ], [ [ 190, 43 ], [ 178, 72 ], [ 173, 122 ], [ 289, 364 ] ], [ [ 460, 737 ], [ 528, 737 ], [ 641, 761 ], [ 654, 770 ], [ 723, 788 ], [ 768, 789 ] ], [ [ 575, 854 ], [ 611, 822 ], [ 605, 688 ], [ 591, 669 ] ], [ [ 502, 638 ], [ 535, 634 ], [ 666, 665 ], [ 710, 665 ] ], [ [ 373, 528 ], [ 416, 527 ], [ 755, 606 ], [ 801, 607 ], [ 831, 585 ], [ 775, 511 ] ], [ [ 488, 472 ], [ 527, 474 ], [ 640, 505 ], [ 689, 505 ] ], [ [ 611, 472 ], [ 593, 450 ], [ 593, 435 ], [ 575, 414 ] ], [ [ 435, 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662 Z", "M 375 541 Q 350 537 370 516 Q 386 497 431 512 Q 602 555 757 586 Q 788 593 791 580 Q 792 568 772 523 Q 765 510 771 505 Q 778 501 790 513 Q 857 558 885 565 Q 906 569 905 581 Q 904 594 832 629 Q 807 641 721 613 Q 583 577 375 541 Z", "M 615 480 Q 621 483 686 496 Q 693 496 699 505 Q 699 514 683 520 Q 655 529 590 507 Q 587 507 586 506 Q 556 497 481 481 Q 462 477 478 466 Q 500 451 539 462 Q 552 466 568 468 L 615 480 Z", "M 618 417 L 615 480 C 614 510 567 498 568 468 L 571 406 C 572 376 619 387 618 417 Z", "M 571 406 Q 504 393 427 376 Q 414 373 424 363 Q 434 354 447 351 Q 462 350 472 353 Q 596 398 748 398 Q 761 399 764 406 Q 767 413 755 422 Q 713 449 656 428 Q 638 425 618 417 L 571 406 Z", "M 727 320 Q 794 327 878 330 Q 942 333 948 341 Q 952 351 937 363 Q 891 396 856 387 Q 714 351 322 288 Q 303 285 318 271 Q 331 259 347 255 Q 366 251 381 255 Q 520 301 692 317 L 727 320 Z", "M 383 205 Q 371 211 339 215 Q 329 216 326 212 Q 322 206 330 193 Q 352 159 370 101 Q 374 83 386 73 Q 402 55 405 69 Q 406 76 407 89 L 402 117 Q 390 169 388 186 C 385 204 385 204 383 205 Z", "M 521 135 Q 531 175 545 188 Q 561 209 544 220 Q 489 245 488 245 Q 482 245 477 241 Q 456 229 383 205 C 355 196 359 178 388 186 Q 424 196 456 204 Q 477 208 482 201 Q 486 197 478 142 C 474 112 513 106 521 135 Z", "M 407 89 Q 446 99 525 115 Q 532 116 533 124 Q 533 128 521 135 L 478 142 Q 472 142 470 140 Q 433 127 402 117 C 373 108 378 82 407 89 Z", "M 765 203 Q 795 207 839 210 Q 872 210 877 219 Q 880 228 867 237 Q 824 264 771 246 Q 770 246 769 245 L 719 231 Q 710 231 588 201 Q 572 198 585 187 Q 597 177 610 175 Q 626 172 638 176 Q 674 188 720 196 L 765 203 Z", "M 720 196 Q 724 39 707 24 Q 703 21 633 24 Q 621 25 624 19 Q 625 12 635 6 Q 699 -40 721 -70 Q 734 -85 748 -71 Q 779 -34 773 24 Q 766 144 765 203 L 769 245 Q 772 258 776 268 Q 783 284 769 296 Q 748 312 727 320 C 700 332 679 341 692 317 Q 693 313 699 304 Q 718 270 719 231 L 720 196 Z", "M 595 113 Q 610 97 625 76 Q 634 66 645 64 Q 652 64 658 73 Q 662 83 659 105 Q 655 127 596 148 Q 586 152 580 150 Q 576 149 576 138 Q 577 131 595 113 Z" ] } 17 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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