涛 tāo large waves
怎么记住“涛”: 氵 water + 寿 old age = large waves. The cold water never stops Grandpa, who has surfed into old age and still rides the large waves every morning.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
涛 = 氵 water + 寿 old age
- 氵 water meaning
- 寿 old age sound
The cold water never stops Grandpa, who has surfed into old age and still rides the large waves every morning.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the sign for old age the sound.
用法
- Great billowing waves: 波涛 (bōtāo) mighty waves, 惊涛骇浪 (jīngtāo-hàilàng) terrifying waves, i.e. a perilous situation.
- 松涛 (sōngtāo) is the 'wave-sound' of wind through pines. Also very common in given names. Literary/poetic.