汰 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
道2High school graduate / general ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
- On
- タ・タイ
- Kun
- おご.る・にご.る・よな.げる
- Meaning
- wash out; select
Origin
Water plus a phonetic element: washing something to separate the good from the bad.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| タ | 沙汰 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 淘汰とうた
selection; weeding out
- 沙汰さた
news; word of something
Example
競争のなかで弱いものが淘汰される。
In competition, the weak are weeded out.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)