dào, dǎo
fall over
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 到 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
dào
fall over; lie down; take turns; to place upside down; to invert; to pour; to throw out; to move backwards; however; actually; as a matter of fact; contrary to expectation
dǎo
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to overthrow; to fail; to go bankrupt; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
Most common words with 倒
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to invert | ||
actually | ||
to have bad luck | ||
to count down | ||
to collapse |
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