HSK7-9
tǎo
to discuss
manage, govern
Simplified form of 討. Depicts using speech (言) and one's hands (寸) to manage or govern. The meaning later shifted to "discuss" and "ask for".
讠 Meaning component
yán
speech
讠 is a component form of 言.
寸 Meaning component
cùn
(hand), inch
Depicts a hand.
Seal script
Clerical script
Traditional script
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讨 (討)
to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry; to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
讨厌
to dislike
讨论
探讨
to probe
讨
to invite
研讨会
seminar
Make Me a Hanzi
Unicode
Dong Chinese
CC-CEDICT
SUBTLEX-CH
MTSU Chinese text computing
漢語多功能字庫
李学勤《字源》p.193-194