dào
rob
Simplified form of 盜. Depicts a gluttonous person drooling (㳄) for food inside of a dish (皿). The meaning later shifted to "steal", "rob", and "bandit".
Components
Evolution
![盗 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 盗 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9C_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![盗 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) 盗 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9C_1.png)
Bronze script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)![盗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 盗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9C_2.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![盗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 盗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9C_5.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernSources