táo

grapes

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

匋 sound component

  Sound component

táo

  

pottery

Evolution

萄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
萄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

táo

grapes; see 葡萄[pú​tao]

Most common words with 萄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

葡萄

grape

葡萄酒

(grape) wine

葡萄牙

Portugal

葡萄糖

glucose C6H12O6

葡萄牙语

Portuguese (language)