滔 tāo torrential
torrential; rushing; overflowing
怎么记住“滔”: 氵 water + 舀 scoop out = torrential. After the storm the water of the village stream rises faster than the neighbours can scoop out with buckets, and the flow turns torrential.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
滔 = 氵 water + 舀 scoop out
- 氵 water meaning
- 舀 scoop out sound
After the storm the water of the village stream rises faster than the neighbours can scoop out with buckets, and the flow turns torrential.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- Torrential, gushing, chiefly in 滔滔不绝 (tāotāo-bùjué): to talk on and on in an unstoppable flood of words.
- 滔天 (tāotiān) means sky-high/monstrous: 滔天大罪 (tāotiān-dàzuì) a heinous crime, 罪恶滔天. Literary.