桃 (tou4 | tao2) : peach

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桃

tou4

tao2

peach; peach-shaped thing; walnut

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

桃

This word has been viewed 11777 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Nov 2013 05:59

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桃駁李 tou4 bok3 lei5 tao2 bo2 li3 = nectarine; also 油桃

櫻桃 jing1 tou4 ying1 tao2 = cherry

桃色 tou4 sik1 = peach colour

合桃 hap6 tou4 = walnut 粵

黑桃 hak1 tou4 = spades (suit in cards)

核桃 hat6 tou4 he2 tao5 = walnut 國

胡桃 wu4 tou4 hu2 tao2 = walnut 國

桃花 tou4 faa1 tao2 hua1 = peach blossom; (placename) To Fa

壽桃 sau6 tou4 shou4 tao2 = birthday peaches

蒲桃 pou4 tou4*2 = jamboo; jambul
See all 54 compounds (CantoDict reports 55 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 桃
Unicode code for this character: U+6843 (off-site link)

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