tāo

Water element

surging waters

vigorous

Element
Water 水
Radical
Strokes
13
Use
Leans masculine

In five-element thinking, Water carries wisdom, adaptability, flow. A name built on leans on that energy.

The image behind the character

汶水滔滔

《诗经·齐风·载驱》

appears in this classical line. Read it as the picture the character draws on, part of why it carries the feeling it does.

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