tāo

big wave

Taiwan pr. [tao2]

water (氵) + [sound: tāo] (寿) = big wave

The water radical anchors the meaning: great surging waves. 寿 contributes the sound tāo and carries no wave-related meaning here.

+寿
寿LongevityPhonetic
WaterSemantic

海上的声让我心情平静。

hǎi shàng de tāo shēng ràng wǒ xīn qíng píng jìng。

the sound of the waves on the sea makes my heart feel calm.

风浪越来越大,巨拍打着岸边的石头。

fēng làng yuè lái yuè dà, jù tāo pāi dǎ zhe àn biān de shí tou。

the wind and waves grew bigger and bigger, with huge waves crashing against the rocks along the shore.

Words with 涛

惊涛

jīng tāo

raging waves

惊涛骇浪

jīng tāo hài làng

perilous situation

世涛

shì tāo

stout (beer) (loanword)

波涛粼粼

bō tāo lín lín

crystalline waves (idiom)

波涛

bō tāo

great waves

波涛汹涌

bō tāo xiōng yǒng

waves surging forth

波涛磷磷

bō tāo lín lín

variant of 波濤粼粼|波涛粼粼[bo1 tao1 lin2 lin2]

浪涛

làng tāo

ocean wave

石涛

shí tāo

Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet

胡锦涛

hú jǐn tāo

Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013

More characters with 氵