讨 (tǎo) — Chinese Character

讨

tǎo

to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study

Radical: 讠 HSK 7 v ideographic

Components & Etymology

讨 decomposes into the following components:

讠寸

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 讨.

乞讨

qǐ tǎo

催讨

cuī tǎo

商讨

shāng tǎo

声讨

shēng tǎo

征讨

zhēng tǎo

探讨

tàn tǎo

检讨

jiǎn tǎo

申讨

shēn tǎo

研讨

yán tǎo

索讨

suǒ tǎo

讨乞

tǎo qǐ

讨人

tǎo rén

Characters that share the radical 讠.

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