佗

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

佗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人十心 (OJP), four-corner 2321₁, composition ⿰亻它)

Derived characters

• 𬵕, 𪘕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 513
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 139, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F57

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佗
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s05735 Transcribed ancient scripts L32376 L32377 L32378 L32379 L32380 L32381 L08474 L08475 L08476
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːl, *l'aːl) : semantic 人 (“human”) + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

佗

1. Alternative form of 馱／驮 (“to carry on one's back”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

佗

1. Alternative form of 他

   • 佗邑唯命。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Tā yì wéi mìng.

     I will grant you any other place.

2. a surname

Etymology 3

Probably from 底 (Yang, 2002):

• tai → ta (→ taʔ);
• tue → to (→ toʔ).

For Zhangzhou Hokkien, from an ellipsis of 佗落 (tah-lo).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

佗

1. (Hokkien) which

   • 來問自己，還欠佗一項 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     来问自己，还欠佗一项 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 黃妃 (Huang Fei) (lyricist 謝誌豪), 囍

     lâi mn̄g ka-tī, iáu khiàm tó chi̍t hāng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I ask myself, which am I still missing?

Synonyms

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

佗

1. (Hokkien) where

   • 參着咖啡過喉燒，不知你到底置佗 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     参着咖啡过喉烧，不知你到底置佗 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2011, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 你置佗

     chham tio̍h ka-pi kòe âu sio, m̄ chai lí tàu-té tī toh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 夢對佗飛，未來佗位找 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     梦对佗飞，未来佗位找 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 黃妃 (Huang Fei) (lyricist 方文良 ), 雙生花

     bāng tùi toh poe, bī-lâi tó-ūi chhōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

佗

1. ^† to add; to impute

   • 舍彼有罪，予之佗矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shě bǐ yǒu zuì, yú zhī tuò yǐ.

     He lets alone the guilty,
     And imputes guilt to me.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Definitions

佗

1. Only used in 委佗, alternative form of 委蛇 (wēiyí)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): た (ta)
• Kun: ほか (hoka, 佗); わびる (wabiru, 佗びる)

Korean

Hanja

佗 (eum 타 (ta))

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Vietnamese

Han character

佗: Hán Nôm readings: đà

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References

• Nom Foundation