饕

饕 · tāo

gluttonous, greedy, covetous

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
tāo
Cantonese
tou1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

gluttonous, greedy, covetous

Dictionary definitions & readings

饕 tāo · (literary) greedy; gluttonous

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74476.010:tāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1121.010:tāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
361.130:tāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
tāo粵tou1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
トウ むさぼる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
도:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
土刀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RUOIV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6173.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1426.100 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
156.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1244h Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9955
Radical
食 · 184
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6470

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
饕
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
thaw · 土刀 · 效開一平豪透 · #711

PHONO-ML, source line 5775; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1494.602
kCowles
4378
kDaeJaweon
1952.140
kFennIndex
503.07
kGSR
1244h
kHanYu
74476.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1952.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74476.010
kIRGKangXi
1426.100
kKangXi
1426.100
kLau
3079
kMatthews
6147
kMeyerWempe
3153
kMorohashi
44426 44426:E0101
kSBGY
156.17
kSMSZD2003Index
783.03
kCangjie
RUOIV
kFenn
203I
kFourCornerCode
6173.2
kMojiJoho
MJ028560 MJ028560:E0101 MJ028561:E0102
kPhonetic
484A
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7752
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5B9
kIRG_JSource
J0-7143
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-88FC
kIRG_KSource
K1-5D48
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C25
kRSUnicode
184.13
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
C5B9
kCCCII
23517E
kCNS1986
1-7C25
kCNS1992
1-7C25
kEACC
23517E
kGB0
8750
kGB1
8750
kJis0
8135
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7439
kTGH
2013:6470
kTaiwanTelegraph
7439
kXerox
272:376
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7226+184.9.13
kCantonese
tou1
kDefinition
gluttonous, greedy, covetous
kFanqie
土刀
kHangul
도:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74476.010:tāo
kJapanese
トウ むさぼる
kJapaneseKun
MUSABORU
kJapaneseOn
TOU
kKorean
TO
kMandarin
tāo
kSMSZD2003Readings
tāo粵tou1
kTGHZ2013
361.130:tāo
kXHC1983
1121.010:tāo
kSemanticVariant
U+53E8<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
7dictionary records using 饕0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
號 above 食 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱號食$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱號食$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.