Hanja Analyzer
掏

掏 — do

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가릴(선택)할 도
Romanization
do
English
take out; pull out; clean out
Mandarin
tāo
Japanese on'yomi
トウ, ドウ
Japanese kun'yomi
す.る えら.ぶ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
匋(도)
Unicode
U+638F

How 掏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 掏 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 匋.

Japanese words with 掏

  • 掏るする to pickpocket; to steal
  • 掏摸すり pickpocket

Characters sharing the phonetic 匋

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “도” in Korean.

Other hanja read “도”

Other hanja with radical 手

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