萄

táo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 葡萄 (grape)

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ xǐhuan chī pútao.
I like to eat grapes.
HSK 4
Pútaojiǔ hěn hǎo hē.
Wine tastes great.

Tips

usage
Only used in 葡萄 (grape) and 葡萄酒 (wine). Never appears alone.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
Top grass radical anchors 萄 in the plant family - appropriate since the word only appears in 葡萄 grape, the climbing vine itself a sprawling plant. Both 葡 and 萄 carry the plant radical to mark them as botanical, a tidy paired-character word where each half wears the same plant hat.
phonetic
匋 táo
pottery kiln
Bottom 匋 is the older simple form of 陶 pottery. Here it serves purely as the phonetic frame supplying táo. 萄 only ever appears in 葡萄 grape; both syllables are bound morphemes of a foreign loanword, each given a botanical hat plus phonetic body.

Stroke Order

萄 táo