陡 — Chinese character
陡
dǒu
steep, sloping; sudden, abrupt
- Pinyin
- dǒu
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 阝 走
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hill; meaning component 阝; sound component 走
Common words with 陡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陡峭 | dǒu qiào | precipitous |
| 陡然 | dǒu rán | suddenly; unexpectedly |
| 陡坡 | dǒu pō | steep slope; steep incline |
| 陡崖 | dǒu yá | steep cliff; precipice |
| 陡峻 | dǒu jùn | precipitous; high and steep |
| 陡壁 | dǒu bì | steep cliff; precipice |
| 陡变 (陡變) | dǒu biàn | to change precipitously |
| 陡削 | dǒu xiāo | precipitous |
| 陡度 | dǒu dù | gradient |
| 陡跌 | dǒu diē | precipitous drop (in price) |
English words written with 陡
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.