Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
tāo
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
tāo

Definitions by reading

tao5
Mandarin equivalent tāo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng tao5 Chaoyang tao5 Chenghai tao5 Jieyang tao5 Raoping tao5 Shantou tao5
①挖:掏洞
②探取:掏麻雀
③搯tāo 1.掏;挖取。  2.叩,轻击。
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
定母 一等 開口 豪韵 平声 徒刀切
Reconstruction:
Original

掏擇。

2
透母 一等 開口 豪韵 平声 土刀切
Reconstruction:
Original

搯捾,周書云:師乃搯捾。捾,烏活切。