Chinese symbol for “shed”
脱
tuō
Traditional: 脫
to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shed is 脱 (tuō), defined as: to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棚 | péng | shed; canopy |
| 掉 | diào | to fall; to drop |
| 褪 | tuì | to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers); (of color) to fade |
| 小屋 | xiǎo wū | cabin; lodge |
| 洒 (灑) | sǎ | to sprinkle; to spray |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脱离 (脫離) | tuō lí | to separate oneself from; to break away from |
| 摆脱 (擺脫) | bǎi tuō | to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc) |
| 逃脱 (逃脫) | táo tuō | to run away; to escape |
| 解脱 (解脫) | jiě tuō | to untie; to free |
| 脱贫 (脫貧) | tuō pín | to lift oneself out of poverty |
| 脱身 (脫身) | tuō shēn | to get away; to escape (from obligations) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.