倒

dǎo, dào

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit

Radical: 亻 HSK 2 v, d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

倒 decomposes into the following components:

亻 到

Semantic component: 亻; phonetic component: 到.

Words containing 倒

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 倒.

倒下
dǎo xià
to collapse
倒仓
dǎo cāng
to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)
倒伏
dǎo fú
(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
倒休
dǎo xiū
to shift holidays, taking a weekday off
倒位
dào wèi
inversion
倒像
dào xiàng
inverted image
倒写
dào xiě
mirror writing
倒刺
dào cì
barb
倒卖
dǎo mài
to resell at a profit
倒卧
dǎo wò
to lie down
倒反
dào fǎn
instead
倒叙
dào xù
a flash-back (in novel or film)

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical 亻.

㐌 亻 亿 什 仁 仂 仃 仅 仆 仇 仉 仍 仔 仕 他 仗 付 仙 仞 仟 仡 代 仨 仪

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