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淘 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
準1University / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
よな.げるyona.geru
Meaning
wash out; select

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water with 陶 as phonetic: washing to separate out what is good.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 淘汰とうた

    selection; weeding out

  • 淘げるよなげる

    to wash (rice); to sift

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

市場(しじょう)で弱(よわ)い企業(きぎょう)が淘汰(とうた)された。

Weak firms were weeded out in the market.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading トウAll maps

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