盜 (dào)

to steal; robber; pirate (illegal copy)

How 盜 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
氵 — water
Traditional
盜
Simplified
盗

Components

  • 氵 water
  • 欠 yawn
  • 皿 dish

Common words using 盜

強盜 qiángdào
to rob (with force); bandit; robber
盜墓 dàomù
to rob a tomb
偷盜 tōudào
to steal
海盜 hǎidào
pirate
盜版 dàobǎn
pirated; illegal; see also 正版[zheng4 ban3]
盜用 dàoyòng
to embezzle; to defraud; to use illegitimately
盜竊 dàoqiè
to steal
盜賊 dàozéi
robber
防盜 fángdào
to guard against theft; anti-theft
防盜門 fángdàomén
entrance door (for apartment)
失盜 shīdào
to have sth stolen; to lose to theft; robbed
掩耳盜鈴 yǎněrdàolíng
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)

盜 in a sentence

請支持正版,不要買盜版。

Qǐng zhīchí zhèngbǎn, búyào mǎi dàobǎn.

“Please support official releases and do not buy pirated copies.”

How common is 盜?

盜 is the 1,617th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.3% of all running text.

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