táo

drum

Evolution

鞀 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鞀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

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táo

drum; hand drum used by peddlers

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ˤaw

daw

táo

small drum


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5729th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

Unicode

U+9780

Shuowen

“鞀,鞀遼也。从革,召聲。鞉,鞀或从兆;,鞀或从鼓,从兆;,籀文鞀,从殸、召。”


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