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CHINESE CHARACTER

汰 (tài): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

tài
to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive
HSK 67 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

氵 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 汰.

Phonetic component

太 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 7

Write 汰 in 7 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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FAQ

What does 汰 (tài) mean in Chinese?

to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive

How do you write 汰 in stroke order?

汰 has 7 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 汰?

氵 is the radical in 汰. It is the three-dot water radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 汰?

淘汰 (táotài): to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out; 优胜劣汰 (yōushèng-liètài): (idiom) survival of the fittest.