悼
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dào · to grieve, to lament, to mourn

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11Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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忄Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 悼

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dàoWords pronounced dào
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Example sentences

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Zhuāng de pài duì xiàng shì gè zhuī dào huì.莊的派對像是個追悼會。

Trang's party was like a wake.

Source: Tatoeba #869877 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Guǎ fù wèi tā de zhàngfu āi dào le hěn jiǔ.寡妇为她的丈夫哀悼了很久。

The widow mourned for her husband for a long time.

Source: Tatoeba #787543 · CC BY 2.0 FR
É luó sī duì zài rén zhì shì jiàn zhōng xī shēng de rén men biǎo shì āi dào.俄罗斯对在人质事件中牺牲的人们表示哀悼。

Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.

Source: Tatoeba #2028050 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ zhèng zài āi dào.湯姆正在哀悼。

Tom is in mourning.

Source: Tatoeba #13249516 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 悼 in context

  1. Say dào, then recall the core meaning: to grieve, to lament, to mourn.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 悼念 (dào niàn), meaning “to grieve”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 悼 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.