dào

shine

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
灬 meaning component

  Meaning component

biāohuǒ

  

fire

is a component form of .

壽 sound component

  Sound component

shòu

  

old age

Evolution

燾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
燾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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dào

shine, illuminate; cover, envelope; cover over; to envelope

Most common words with 燾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

张国焘

Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938

cover over