Shuowen component 400: 夲
About this component
Component: 夲
Seal font (Chongxi): 夲
Mandarin: tāo
Sino-Vietnamese: —
Japanese: トウ (tou) ; ホン (hon) ; もと (moto)
Korean: — / 도
Unihan definition: advance quickly; to go back and forth; origin, source
Shuowen entry
進趣也。从大从十。大十,猶兼十人也。凡𠦍之屬皆从𠦍。讀若滔。