偷

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See also: 偸
偷 U+5077, 偷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5077
← 偶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 偸 →

Translingual

Han character

偷 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人人一弓 (OOMN), four-corner 28221, composition ⿰亻俞)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 112, character 3
  • Dae Jaweon: page 239, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 193, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5077

Chinese

trad. 偷/偸
simp. 偷
alternative forms 媮／婾
愉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偷
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
Transcribed ancient scripts
L33701
L12183
L12184
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (俞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
褕 *low, *lo
偷 *l̥ʰoː
媮 *l̥ʰoː, *lo
鍮 *l̥ʰoː
緰 *l'oː, *slo
牏 *l'oː, *l'os, *lo
揄 *l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
窬 *l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
歈 *l'oː, *lo
俞 *l̥ʰus, *lo
隃 *slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
毹 *sro
輸 *hljo, *hljos
鄃 *hljo, *lo
腧 *hljos
逾 *lo
榆 *lo
愉 *lo
渝 *lo
瑜 *lo
蕍 *lo
覦 *lo, *los
蝓 *lo
踰 *lo
崳 *lo
羭 *lo
堬 *lo
瘉 *lo, *loʔ
萮 *lo
騟 *lo
愈 *loʔ
貐 *loʔ
喻 *los
諭 *los

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰoː) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • thio/tho͘ - literary;
  • thau - vernacular.
Rime
Character 偷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 託侯切
Baxter thuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰəu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰəu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰəw/
Li
Rong 		/tʰu/
Wang
Li 		/tʰəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 偷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁo/
English steal

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 偷
Reading # 1/1
No. 15831
Phonetic
component 		俞
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		偷
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰoː/

Definitions

偷

  1. to steal; to snatch
    我們的錢被偷了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们的钱被偷了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen de qián bèi tōu le.
    We had our money stolen.
    扒手偷了她的皮夾子跑了。 [MSC, trad.]
    扒手偷了她的皮夹子跑了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Páshǒu tōu le tā de pí jiāzǐ pǎo le.
    The pickpocket pinched her purse and ran away.
  2. stealthily; secretly; covertly
    偷看  ―  tōukàn  ―  to peek; to peep
    偷聽／偷听  ―  tōutīng  ―  to eavesdrop
  3. thief; burglar
    小偷  ―  xiǎotōu  ―  thief
  4. to have an extra-marital relationship
    偷情  ―  tōuqíng  ―  adultery
    偷腥  ―  tōuxīng  ―  to have an affair
    偷漢／偷汉  ―  tōuhàn  ―  to take a lover
  5. to while away without purpose; to drift along
    偷懶／偷懒  ―  tōulǎn  ―  to be lazy
    偷生  ―  tōushēng  ―  to live without purpose
  6. (Cantonese) to exhaust the usage of space
    偷位 [Cantonese]  ―  tau1 wai6-2   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    偷角度 [Cantonese]  ―  tau1 gok3 dou6   ―  to exhaust the camera angle
    偷薄 [Cantonese]  ―  tau1 bok6   ―  to thin out (hair)
Synonyms
  • (to steal):
Dialectal synonyms of 偷 (“to steal”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 偷, 盜, 竊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 偷, 偷竊, 偷盜, 盜竊, 竊取
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 偷
Taiwan 偷
Singapore 偷
Cantonese Guangzhou 偷, 鼠
Hong Kong 偷, 撻, M, jam
Taishan 偷
Hakka Meixian 偷
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 撻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 偷
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 偷
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 偷
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 偷
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 偷提
Southern Min Xiamen 偷提
Quanzhou 偷提
Zhangzhou 偷提
Penang (Hokkien) 偷提
Manila (Hokkien) 偷, 偷提
Shantou 偷

Compounds

Etymology 2

From on9, reinterpreted as the keystrokes in Simplified Cangjie which produces the character 偷.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

偷

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak) Alternative form of on9

Japanese

Kanji

偷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Kan-on: とう (tō)
  • Kan’yō-on: ちゅう (chū)
  • Kun: ぬすむ (nusumu, 偷む)

Korean

Hanja

偷 (eum 투 (tu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

偷: Hán Nôm readings: thầu, du, thâu

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References

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