倒

dǎo = d + ao3

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

倒 = 亻 + 到 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) arrived (到) in the aorta (ao3) and is greeted by Don Quixote (d), who, clumsily, topples and falls on to the ground (倒) right before Rosa when he actually wants to hug her.

倒

dào = d + ao4

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

倒 character breakdown

倒
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 到
  - 刂
    - 丨
    - 亅
  - 至
    - 一
    - 厶
    - 土
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

到

dào = d + ao4

to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

到 = 刂 + 至 : Don Quixote has been waiting at the arrivals conveyor belt in the aorta's bathroom for way too long, but finally his new kitchen knife arrived.

到

dào = d + ao4

to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

Characters with 倒 as component

倒 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 倒

倒

dào

数

數

shù

inverse number / reciprocal (math.)

倒

dào

数

數

shǔ

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)

倒

dào

挂

掛

guà

lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay

倒

dào

叙

敘

xù

to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

倒

dǎo

败

敗

bài

to collapse (of building)