淘

淘

淘 U+6DD8, 淘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD8 ← 淗 [U+6DD7] CJK Unified Ideographs 淙 → [U+6DD9]

Translingual

Han character

淘 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水心人山 (EPOU), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵匋)

Derived characters

• 𬞇

References

• KangXi: page 629, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17642
• Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1656, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6DD8

---

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
掏	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
蜪	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
陶	*bl'uː, *luː
萄	*l'uː
啕	*l'uː
淘	*l'uː
騊	*l'uː
匋	*bl'uː
祹	*l'uː
綯	*l'uː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'uː) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 匋 (OC *bl'uː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táo (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tô / tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tao⁵ / do⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²
    • Yale: táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: toˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
    • Tâi-lô: tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tao⁵ / do⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu / tô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵⁵/, /to⁵⁵/

Note:

• tao5 - literary;
• do5 - vernacular.

---

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淘
Reading #	1/1
No.	12366
Phonetic component	匋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	陶
Old Chinese	/*l'uː/

Definitions

淘

1. to wash in a container in order to remove impurities; to pan

   淘金  ―  táojīn  ―  to pan for gold

   淘汰  ―  táotài  ―  to eliminate; to weed out

2. (dialectal) to search for goods in an old market

   淘舊書／淘旧书  ―  táo jiùshū  ―  to search and buy old books

3. to dredge; to clean out

   淘井  ―  táojǐng  ―  to dredge a well

4. to expend; to consume; to use up; to spend
5. (dialectal) naughty; mischievous

   淘氣／淘气  ―  táoqì  ―  naughty; mischievous

   這孩子淘得很！／这孩子淘得很！ [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  Zhè háizi táo de hěn! [Pinyin]  ―  This kid is very naughty!

6. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頑皮 (“naughty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頑皮, 調皮, 淘氣
Mandarin	Beijing	皮, 淘氣, 淘, 猴, 猴兒
	Taiwan	皮, 調皮, 頑皮, 淘氣
	Tianjin	皮, 淘, 猴兒
	Langfang	調皮
	Tangshan	調皮
	Cangzhou	調皮
	Baoding	費
	Shijiazhuang	調皮
	Daming	費勁
	Jinan	調皮, 皮, 淘
	Xi'an	匪, 淘氣, 俏皮, 皮
	Wuhan	神, 調皮, 淘氣
	Chengdu	淘氣, 費, 千方兒
	Kunming	淘氣
	Guilin	跳皮
	Liuzhou	跳皮
	Xuzhou	皮臉
	Yangzhou	調皮, 皮
	Hefei	調皮, 皮, 頑皮
	Nantong	犯厭
	Singapore	頑皮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 星君, 扭計, 扭紋, 壞
	Hong Kong	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 壞, 星君, 犯神
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	頑皮
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	懆
	Macau	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	韌皮
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	百厭
	Foshan	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	曳
	Foshan (Shunde)	百厭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頑皮
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	壞, 跳皮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	壞
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	百厭, 壞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	百厭
	Taishan	壞賞, 壞, 曳, 搞家, 譑蠻, 飛耍, 惡教, 匪類, 扭紋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	壞賞, 壞
	Enping (Niujiang)	壞鬼
	Heshan (Yayao)	韌皮
	Dongguan	曳, 百厭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百厭, 跳皮
	Yangjiang	跳皮, 蠻皮
	Nanning	跳皮, 百厭, 牛骨, 頑皮
	Wuzhou	韌皮, 百厭, 百跳
	Yulin	頑, 牛骨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	跳皮, 勿乖
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頑皮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	韌皮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	扭計, 曳, 百厭
Gan	Nanchang	調皮, 頑皮
Hakka	Meixian	蠻皮, 蠻, 番綻, 綻頭, 綻皮, 綻, 懆, 跳皮
	Xingning	蠻, 懆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	頑皮
	Huidong (Daling)	調皮, 綻頭, 懆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頑皮
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跳皮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	跳皮
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	綻, 懆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	賤
	Conghua (Lütian)	頑皮
	Changting	綻, 懆
	Wuping	綻, 懆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	綻
	Liancheng	綻, 懆
	Ninghua	浪綻, 懆
	Ruijin	綻, 孽
	Shangyou (Shexi)	綻, 頑皮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番綻, 蠻皮, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	殘, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番綻, 蠻綻, 綻, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番綻, 綻頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番綻, 綻頭, 綻剁頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狡怪, 番, 賤頭, 牛, 牛頭, 牛獗, 賤
	Hong Kong	頑皮
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	跳皮
	Senai (Huiyang)	跳皮
Jin	Taiyuan	頑皮
	Zhangjiakou	調皮
	Handan	費
Min Bei	Jian'ou	刁皮, 韌皮
Min Dong	Fuzhou	刁皮, 楞蟶
	Fuqing	調皮
Min Nan	Xiamen	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 刁皮, 跳限, 跳塌, 賤, 歹死
	Quanzhou	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 賤, 歹死
	Zhangzhou	孽, 孽潲, 賤, 歹, 歹死
	Kaohsiung	賤
	Yilan	賤
	Changhua (Lukang)	狡怪
	Taichung	孽潲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	孽潲
	Tainan	作孽, 孽, 孽潲
	Taitung	孽潲
	Hsinchu	孽
	Penghu (Magong)	狡怪
	Penang (Hokkien)	孽, 怪孽, 歹死
	Singapore (Hokkien)	孽, 孽死, 孽潲, 賤, 歹死
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹死, 孽, 孽潲
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	調皮, 惡蠻, 蠻
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	頑皮
	Chaozhou	燦頭
	Shantou	野, 野死, 好耍, 頑皮
	Bangkok (Teochew)	跳皮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	跳皮
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	頑皮, 跳皮
Wu	Shanghai	頑皮, 皮, 賴皮, 搨皮, 淘氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厭, 調皮, 頑皮
	Suzhou	皮, 調皮, 厭
	Wuxi	厭, 皮
	Danyang	調皮, 皮
	Hangzhou	厭, 調皮
	Ningbo	皮
	Wenzhou	調皮, 皮, 皮蚩, 蠻, 惡
	Jinhua	調皮, 皮, 皮面
Xiang	Changsha	跳皮, 跳夾
	Shuangfeng	跳皮, 頑皮
	Quanzhou	頑皮

Compounds

不淘神 冷淘 天然淘汰 扒街淘空 浪淘沙 浪淘淘 淘井 (táojǐng) 淘去 淘古井 淘汰 (táotài) 淘沙 淘河 淘洗 淘淘 淘漉

淘澄 淘真 淘神 (táoshén) 淘空 淘米 (táomǐ) 淘金 (táojīn) 淘金客 瞎淘淘 自然淘汰 (zìrán táotài) 單淘汰／单淘汰 沙裡淘金／沙里淘金 活淘氣／活淘气 淘寫／淘写 淘換／淘换

淘氣／淘气 (táoqì) 淘氣憨頑／淘气憨顽 淘氣鬼／淘气鬼 (táoqìguǐ) 淘汰賽／淘汰赛 (táotàisài) 淘淥／淘渌 淘澄飛跌／淘澄飞跌 淘瀉／淘泻 淘籮／淘箩 淘虛／淘虚 淘選作用／淘选作用 淘金夢／淘金梦 淘閒氣／淘闲气 淘鹽／淘盐 閑淘氣／闲淘气

References

• “淘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

---

Japanese

Kanji

淘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: ゆる (yuru, 淘る); よなぐ (yonagu, 淘ぐ); よなげる (yonageru, 淘げる)

Compounds

Compounds

• 淘去(とうきょ) (tōkyo): washing away
• 淘汰(とうた) (tōta)
• 淘来(とうらい) (tōrai): washing near

See also

• 淘(ゆ)る (yuru)
• 淘(よな)ぐ (yonagu)
• 淘(よな)げる (yonageru)

---

Korean

Hanja

淘 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

淘: Hán Nôm readings: đào, rào

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.