tǎo

to demand or ask for; to provoke; to discuss or study

Character data

Radical ⾔ (149.3)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

討 tǎo
  1. 1. to demand or ask for
  2. 2. to provoke
  3. 3. to discuss or study
  4. 4. to denounce or condemn
  5. 5. to send armed forces to suppress
  6. 6. to marry (a woman)
  7. 7. to invite

Stroke order

討 stroke order diagram

Words containing 討

Word Meaning
to beg; to go begging
to demand repayment of debt
open forum
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
hard work with no thanks; thankless effort
to discuss; to deliberate
to curry favor; to get the desired outcome by flattery
to go on a punitive expedition
to throw oneself at sb or sth
to investigate; to probe
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
review; to examine or inspect; self-criticism
to denounce
discussion
seminar; discussion forum
to demand; to claim
to denounce; to condemn
to invite a snub; to court a rebuff
to ask for trouble (idiom)
to go begging; to ask for alms
(old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
horrid
to attract people's affection; charming; delightful
unpleasant; disagreeable
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