táo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 葡萄 (grape)

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒ xǐhuan chī pútao.
I like to eat grapes.
HSK 5
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
cǎo
grass; plant
Top grass radical anchors in the plant family - appropriate since the word only appears in 葡萄 grape, the climbing vine itself a sprawling plant. Both and carry the plant radical to mark them as botanical, a tidy paired-character word where each half wears the same plant hat.
phonetic
táo
pottery kiln
Bottom is the older simple form of pottery. Here it serves purely as the phonetic frame supplying táo. 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

táo