脱

tuō

t+uō·1st tone

to shed · to take off

Radical: 月 Strokes: 11 HSK 4

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脑腾胜

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脑腾胜脸腹胆

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Character Decomposition

脱=⺼+兑

Etymology

flesh

Meanings

to shed

to take off

to escape

to get away from

tuō

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Words with 脱 383 total

(loanword) butter白脱bái tuō remarkably alike活脱huó tuō leather float · inflatable raft浑脱hún tuō to exculpate · to absolve · to exonerate开脱kāi tuō

Idioms with 脱 26 total Chain

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell · a crafty escape plan金蝉脱壳jīn chán tuō qiào