濤
waves, billows
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Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
- なみ
Meaning
濤 centers on large, surging water: waves and billows, especially the kind that rise and roll powerfully.
Most common words using 濤
- 松濤しょうとう
sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)
- 波濤はとう
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
- 波濤万里はとうばんり
faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands
- 渋谷区立松濤美術館しぶやくりつしょうとうびじゅつかん
Shoto Museum of Art
- 濤声とうせい
sound of waves (breaking onto shore)
- 疾風怒濤しっぷうどとう
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
- 風濤ふうとう
wind and waves
Study
Etymology
濤 combines 氵 (water) with 壽, which likely provides the sound and carries an extended sense of something prolonged or drawn out, fitting the image of long rolling waves.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 beside 壽, a shape associated with longevity, suggests waves that keep coming endlessly: billow after billow.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, imagine a towering wave: tower -> トウ, and the water radical 氵 makes it a towering billow.