涛

See also: 濤

涛 U+6D9B, 涛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D9B ← 涚 [U+6D9A] CJK Unified Ideographs 涜 → [U+6D9C]

Translingual

Han character

涛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 水手大戈 (EQKI), composition ⿰氵寿)

1. large waves
2. a (typically male) given name

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 627, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1618, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6D9B

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 涛 – see 濤 (“billows; large waves; sound of the sea”). (This character is the simplified form of 濤).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

涛

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 濤)

1. wave, billow

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: なみ (nami, 涛)、おおなみ (ōnami, 涛)^{←おほなみ (ofonami, 涛, historical)}

Compounds

• 涛声
• 松涛
• 怒涛
• 波涛
• 風涛

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
涛
なみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
濤 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 涛 – see the following entry.

【波なみ】3 [noun] a wave [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spelling 浪

(This term, 涛, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
涛
おおなみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
濤 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 涛 – see the following entry.

【大波おおなみ】 [noun] great wave

(This term, 涛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)