Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 淘

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to wash, clean out, cleanse, eliminate, dredge

táo

Left: water 氵, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid

and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])

Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed.

氵	Water
匋	package, pottery
勹	wrap
缶	can, jar	(In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".)

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淘汰	táo tài	to wash out; elimination (by selection); natural selection; to knock out (in a competition); to die out; to phase out
淘气	táo qì	naughty; bad
淘金者	táo jīn zhě	gold panner; prospector for gold

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