滔
tāo
#2,754 most
frequent character
(bound form) to inundate, deluge
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
滔 joins 氵 water with 舀 yǎo, the sound part, whose rhyme matches. It first meant a place with a very large amount of water. That grew to 'overflow, gushing' and 'flowing freely'.
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