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到处

dàochù

everywhere

A person surrounded by scattered leaves
Memory picture

Characters in this word

到 dào

Strokes
8
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

处 chù

Strokes
5
Radical
夂 — to go
Made of
夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 到处都是人。 Dào chù dōu shì rén. There are people everywhere.
  • 他到处找你。 Tā dào chù zhǎo nǐ. He is looking for you everywhere.
  • 到处有花。 Dào chù yǒu huā. There are flowers everywhere.

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