丟

Translingual

Han character

丟 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈 (MGI) or 難難一土戈 (XXMGI), four-corner 1073₁, composition ⿱一去 or ⿱王厶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 385, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E1F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 一 (“one (item)”) + 去 (“to go; to remove”).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Definitions

丟

1. to lose; to misplace
2. to be missing; to be lost
3. to throw; to cast; to toss; to discard
4. to put aside; to dismiss
5. (archaic) to orgasm; to cum

   • 這才叫做交相取樂，只是快活之極，婦人惟恐丟得遲，男子惟恐丟得早。要使男子越快活而越不丟；婦人越丟而越快活，這種房術最難，必須有修養的工夫到，再以藥力助之，方才有這種樂處。 [MSC, trad.]
     这才叫做交相取乐，只是快活之极，妇人惟恐丢得迟，男子惟恐丢得早。要使男子越快活而越不丢；妇人越丢而越快活，这种房术最难，必须有修养的工夫到，再以药力助之，方才有这种乐处。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1657, 李漁 [Li Yu], 《肉蒲團》 , chapter 7

     Zhè cái jiàozuò jiāoxiàng qǔyuè, zhǐshì kuàihuó zhī jí, fùrén wéikǒng diū de chí, nánzǐ wéikǒng diū de zǎo. Yào shǐ nánzǐ yuè kuàihuo ér yuè bù diū; fùrén yuè diū ér yuè kuàihuo, zhè zhǒng fángshù zuì nán, bìxū yǒu xiūyǎng de gōngfu dào, zài yǐ yàolì zhù zhī, fāngcái yǒu zhè zhǒng yuèchù.

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Synonyms

Descendants

• Old Turkic: az- (to be aroused) (calque)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to discard, to lose, to reject

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅ (chu)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
• Kun: さる (saru, 丟る); なげうつ (nageutsu, 丟つ)

Korean

Hanja

丟 (eumhun 아주 갈 주 (aju gal ju))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丟