Memory phrase for the character: 淘

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

氵 Water
匋 package, pottery
勹 wrap
缶 can, jarIn Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".
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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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