漢字道KANJIDO

13 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)13 strokesRadical
On
トウ
Kun
はびこ.る
Meaning
to overflow

Origin

ORIGIN

Water 氵 with 舀 as phonetic: for water to swell and overflow.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 滔滔とうとう

    flowing on; fluently

  • 滔天とうてん

    reaching to heaven

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

滔滔と持論を述べ続けた。

They went on stating their view fluently.

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