Chinese Character Wiki
盜

dào

rob

Depicts a gluttonous person drooling (㳄) for food inside of a dish (皿). The meaning later shifted to "steal", "rob", and "bandit".

Components
㳄 iconic component

㳄  Iconic component

xián

  

spit, saliva

Depicts saliva (氵) coming from a person with an open mouth (欠).

皿 iconic component

皿  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Depicts a dish with food in it.

Evolution

盜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
盜 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
盜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
盜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

盗 (盜) 

dào

rob, steal; thief, bandit; to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber

Most common words with 盜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海盗

pirate

盗

to steal

盗窃

to steal

强盗

bandit

盗版

pirated

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ˤaw(k)-s

dawH

dào

steal


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 16.6106% of movies

1330th most common character in movies

1619th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

盗

Unicode

U+76DC

Shuowen

“盜，私利物也。从，欲皿者。”


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