沱 (tuó): (of rain or tears) pouring down

Meanings

1 (of rain or tears) pouring down
2 a branch of a river

Characters

沱

tuó

pouring (rain); river branch

Examples

HSK 7-9

大雨滂沱，人们四处躲雨。

Dàyǔ pāngtuó, rénmen sìchù duǒyǔ.

The rain came pouring down, and people ran for cover everywhere.

HSK 7-9

沱江是四川长江上游的重要支流。

Tuójiāng shì Sìchuān Chángjiāng shàngyóu de zhòngyào zhīliú.

The Tuo River is a major tributary of the upper Yangtze in Sichuan.

Tips

usage

沱 mostly appears in 滂沱 (rain or tears coming down heavily). It also names a river branch, as in 沱江 (the Tuo River in Sichuan).

Components

radical

氵 sāndiǎnshuǐ

water (radical form)

Left-side three-drop water radical, the side form of 水. It signals water, fitting both the pouring-rain sense and the river-branch sense of 沱.

phonetic

它 tā

it

Right side 它 is the phonetic element; the sound has drifted from tā to tuó, so read it as a sound hint rather than an exact match.

Stroke Order

沱 tuó

Related Words

大雨滂沱 dàyǔ-pāngtuó

torrential rain / pouring rain / heavy downpour

涕泗滂沱 tìsì-pāngtuó

weeping bitterly with tears and snot streaming down / broken-hearted and sobbing uncontrollably

沱茶 tuóchá

tuocha; bowl-shaped compressed tea (Yunnan specialty, usually pu'er)

倒下 dǎoxià HSK 7-9 #4,263

to fall down / to collapse / to be struck down

打倒 dǎdǎo HSK 7-9 #5,212

to overthrow / to knock down / down with

关闭 guānbì HSK 4 #2,087

to close; to shut / to shut down; to close down

击倒 jīdǎo #6,826

to knock down / to knock out / to strike down

分局 fēnjú #9,013

sub-bureau; branch office (of police, government agency) / local branch; precinct

跪下 guìxià #4,909

to kneel down / to get on one's knees

降低 jiàngdī HSK 4 #5,042

to reduce / to lower / to bring down