倒 (dǎo, dào) — Chinese Character

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.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 倒.

倒下

dǎo xià

倒仓

dǎo cāng

倒伏

dǎo fú

倒休

dǎo xiū

倒位

dào wèi

倒像

dào xiàng

倒写

dào xiě

倒刺

dào cì

倒卖

dǎo mài

倒卧

dǎo wò

倒反

dào fǎn

倒叙

dào xù

Characters that share the radical 亻.

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