沱 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
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- On
- タ・ダ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- streaming tears
Origin
Water 氵 with 它 as phonetic: for water to flow without stopping.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 滂沱ぼうだ
streaming down (of tears or rain)
- 沱ながれる
to stream
Example
涙が滂沱として流れた。
The tears came streaming down.
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