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CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5230

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 18, +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土中弓 (MGLN), four-corner 12100, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 138, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1950
  • Dae Jaweon: page 314, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 334, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5230

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *taːws): semantic (to arrive) + phonetic (OC *taːw).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation


Note: dou3-2 - verbal complement indicating action completion.
Note: au1-2 - verbal complement indicating action completion.
Note:
  • dau3 - verbal complement indicating action completion;
  • dau - used after verb to indicate continued action or state.
  • Hakka
  • Jin
  • Northern Min
  • Eastern Min
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
      • tò/tò͘ - literary (tò͘ is rare in Xiamen);
      • tàu - vernacular (limited, e.g. 到底).
  • (Teochew)
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (5)
    Final () (89)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter tawH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /tɑuH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /tɑuH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /tɑuH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /tawH/
    Li
    Rong
    /tɑuH/
    Wang
    Li
    /tɑuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /tɑuH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    dào
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    dou3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    dào
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tawH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tˁaw-s/
    English arrive

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2115
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*taːws/

    Definitions

    1. to arrive at a destination; to reach a destination; to get to
      火車火车  ―  huǒchē dào le  ―  The train has arrived.
    2. to go to; to leave for
      機場机场  ―  dào jīchǎng jiē nǐ.  ―  I'll go to the airport to pick you up.
      中國中国  ―  dào Zhōngguó qù le.  ―  He has gone to China.
    3. used as a verbal complement to indicate the (successful) completion of an action
        ―  zhǎo dào  ―  to have found something
        ―  zuò dào  ―  to have achieved something
        ―  tīng dào  ―  to have heard something
      怎麼沒有敲門 [MSC, trad.]
      怎么没有敲门 [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐ zěnme méiyǒu tīng dào wǒ de qiāomén shēng?
      How did you not hear my knocking on the door?
      不管什麼 [MSC, trad.]
      不管什么 [MSC, simp.]
      Bùguǎn shénme shì, wǒ dōu bàn de dào.
      Whatever the thing is, I can accomplish it.
      鎖匙 [Cantonese, trad.]
      锁匙 [Cantonese, simp.]
      wan2 m4 wan2 dou3-2 tiu4 so2 ci4?
      Could you find the key?
      [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      aak1 ngo5 m4 dou3-2; aak1 m4 dou3-2 ngo5
      can't fool me
    4. (Cantonese) used as a verbal complement to indicate the completion of an action, with negative sentiment
      [Cantonese]  ―  sik6 dou3-2 tiu4 gwat1   ―  find a bone in one's food
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      [Cantonese, simp.]
      bei2 jan4 caai2 dou3-2 zek3 sau2
      have one's hand stepped on
    5. (dialectal) used after a verb to indicate a continued action or state
    6. (chiefly in the negative) to reach
      體重五十公斤 [MSC, trad.]
      体重五十公斤 [MSC, simp.]
      Tā tǐzhòng bùdào wǔshí gōngjīn.
      He weighs less than fifty kilograms.
    7. to the extent that
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      𰥛 [Cantonese, simp.]
      keoi5 cou4 dou3 ngo5 fan3 m4 zoek6.
      He is so noisy that I couldn't go to sleep.
    8. to
      1. to (a place)
        最近地區 [MSC, trad.]
        最近地区 [MSC, simp.]
        Wǒ zuìjìn bān dào zhè ge dìqū.
        I recently moved to this area.
      2. to (a time); until; up to
        918 [MSC, trad.]
        918 [MSC, simp.]
        Zhè jiā diàn cóng 9 diǎn kāi dào 18 diǎn.
        This shop is open from 9 to 6 o'clock.
        我們假期推遲天氣好些時候 [MSC, trad.]
        我们假期推迟天气好些时候 [MSC, simp.]
        Wǒmen yào bǎ jiàqī tuīchí dào tiānqì hǎoxiē de shíhòu.
        We shall delay our holiday until the weather is better.
      3. (from) ... to ...
        作業 [MSC, trad.]
        作业 [MSC, simp.]
        Zuòyè shì dì yī tí dào dì bā tí.
        The homework is problems #1 to #8.
    9. (Siyi Yue, Northern Min) at; in
    10. thoughtful; considerate
    Synonyms
    • (verbal complement indicating completion):
    • (at):

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    simp. and trad.
    alternative forms
     




    rare
    rare
    𢓜 rare
    rare
    rare
    rare
    rare
    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Hokkien (kàu) related to Hokkien (kàu)? as recorded together in Douglas (1873/1899)”

    Pronunciation


    Definitions

    1. (Min) to arrive
      [Hokkien]  ―  I kàu chhù--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He has arrived home.
    2. (Eastern Min) used as a verbal complement to indicate the (successful) completion of an action
    3. (Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien, mahjong, playing cards) to complete a winning hand
    Synonyms

    (to complete a winning hand): (); (Cantonese) 食糊

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. arrival
    2. proceed
    3. reach
    4. attain
    5. (archaic) result in

    Readings

    Compounds

    Synonyms

    Proper noun

    (いたる) (Itaru

    1. a male given name

    Korean

    Hanja

    (eumhun 이를 (ireul do))

    1. Hanja form? of (arrival).

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: đáo, đáu, tráo

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