Memory phrase for the Kanji: 淘


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Meaning

to wash, clean out, cleanse, eliminate, dredge

Pronunciation

táo

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])

Mnemonic


 
Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed.

Radicals

waterSimplified from this water 水
package, pottery
wrap
can, jarThis character 缶 is rarely used in Chinese. The meaning of this radical is borrowed from Japanese: 缶 (=かん) = box. It is understood as a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. As the pestle 午 in the mortar is vertical, it has the meaning “noon” [wǔ], as the sun is then also vertical.
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 Vocabulary

淘汰 táo tài  to wash out; elimination (by selection); natural selection; to knock out (in a competition); to die out; to phase out
淘气 táo qì  naughty; bad
淘金者 táo jīn zhě  gold panner; prospector for gold
淘金者 táo jīn zhě  


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