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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- diao4
- English meanings
- drop, reduce, exchange, lose, fall behind, be missing, fall, knock, come off, change, shed, turn
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 卓.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
卓 is identified as the sound component (zhuō). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 掉.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
tricky; cunning
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
a string of 100 cash (arch.)
view
fish; angle
bird of prey
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 丢掉
- 关掉
- 去掉
- 忘掉
- 掉头
- 掉队