 | 挑 | ||
| a load carried on the shoulders; to carry | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | tiāo tiǎo tāo | Cantonese reading | tiu1 tiu5 tou1 |
| Japanese on reading | chou tou | Japanese kun reading | kakageru idomu |
| Korean reading | to co | Vietnamese reading | vẹo |
| 挑 | [ tiāo ] carry on a pole, choose |
| 挑剔 | [ tiāo ti ] picky, fussy |
| 挑選 | [ tiāo xǔan ] choose, select |
| 挑选 | [ tiāo xǔan ] choose, select |
| 挑 | [ tiǎo ] incite |
| 挑撥 | [ tiǎo bō ] (v) incite disharmony; stir up tensions among others |
| 挑拨 | [ tiǎo bō ] (v) incite disharmony; stir up tensions among others |
| 挑起 | [ tiǎo qǐ ] stir up, incite |
| 挑舋 | [ tiǎo xìn ] provoke |
| 挑衅 | [ tiǎo xìn ] provoke |
| 挑戰 | [ tiǎo zhàn ] challenge |
| 挑战 | [ tiǎo zhàn ] challenge |
| ⇒ 百里挑一 | [ bǎi lǐ tiāo yī ] one in a hundred, cream of the crop |