驼

hump or hunchbacked; camel

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,252 U+9A7C

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

马 (semantic, “horse”) + 它 (phonetic, tā)

components: 马它

camel (back end) · Heisig RSH #2980

马 horse + 它 it

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 它

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 它 (tā) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
它 sound component	tā	it; other
蛇	shé	snake
舵	duò	helm, rudder
沱	tuó	river, stream, waterway; to flow
坨	tuó	lump, heap
砣	tuó	a stone roller; plumb, weight
鸵	tuó	ostrich
跎	tuó	to stumble, to falter, to vacillate
柁	tuó	the main beam of a house
酡	tuó	ruddy, flushed
铊	tā	thallium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
驼峰命名法	tuó fēng mìng míng fǎ	(computing) CamelCase
压死骆驼的最后一根稻草	yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo	the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw
大羊驼	dà yáng tuó	llama
小羊驼	xiǎo yáng tuó	(zoology) vicuña
瘦死的骆驼比马大	shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà	lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom); fig. even after suffering a loss…
锅驼机	guō tuó jī	portable steam engine
单峰驼	dān fēng tuó	dromedary
驼子	tuó zi	hunchback
驼色	tuó sè	light tan (color); camel-hair color
驼鸡	tuó jī	ostrich (Struthio camelus); also written 鴕鳥\|鸵鸟[tuo2 niao3]; fabulous bird like Sinbad's ro…
弯腰驼背	wān yāo tuó bèi	slouch; stoop; poor posture
驼背	tuó bèi	hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback
微驼	wēi tuó	stooping; hunched
羊驼	yáng tuó	alpaca
驼峰	tuó fēng	hump of a camel; hump (in a railroad hump yard)
驼背鲸	tuó bèi jīng	humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
骆驼祥子	Luò tuo Xiáng zi	Camel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]
驼鹿	tuó lù	elk; moose
驯驼	xùn tuó	to tame a camel
晒骆驼	shài luò tuo	xylitol (Cantonese); see also 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2]