圖

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See also: 圗, 図, and 图
圖 U+5716, 圖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5716
← 圕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圗 →

圖 U+2F84B, 圖
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F84B
← 嗂
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 嘆 →

Translingual

Traditional 圖
Shinjitai 図
Simplified 图

Alternative forms

Note that the 啚 component in this character is written ⿳口十回 (China, Vietnam) and ⿳口亠回 (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea). Differences between the traditional Chinese forms exist due to different national standards.

Han character

圖 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 田口十田 (WRJW) or 田口卜田 (WRYW), four-corner 60600, composition ⿴囗啚)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 220, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4832
  • Dae Jaweon: page 452, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 725, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5716

Chinese

trad. 圖
simp. 图
alternative forms
 
圗
啚
𠚎
𡇴
𡈇
圗
啚
𠚎
𡇴
𡈇
𡈖
𧖳
𡇩
𡇫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 圖
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (圖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
啚 *prɯʔ, *daː
圖 *daː

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“walled city”) + 啚.

啚 is the early form of 鄙 (OC *prɯʔ, “remote areas”), thus meaning “territory”.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tu5 - literary;
  • dou5 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 圖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 同都切
Baxter du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/do/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dɔ/
Li
Rong 		/do/
Wang
Li 		/du/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 圖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ du ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁa/
English consider

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 圖
Reading # 1/1
No. 12496
Phonetic
component 		圖
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		徒
Old
Chinese 		/*daː/

Definitions

圖

  1. diagram; plot (Classifier: 張／张 m; 幅 m)
  2. chart; map; picture; image (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 幅 m c)
    上海地鐵圖 [MSC, trad.]
    上海地铁图 [MSC, simp.]
    Shànghǎi Dìtiě tú
    map of the Shanghai Metro
  3. intention; wish
  4. to draw; to paint
  5. to plan; to plot; to scheme
  6. to try to gain; to seek

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

図

Kyūjitai

圖

Kanji

圖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 図)

  1. drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph
  2. sight; scene

Readings

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

圖 (eumhun 그림 도 (geurim do))

  1. Hanja form? of 도 (“painting”).
  2. Hanja form? of 도 (“stamp, seal”).
  3. Hanja form? of 도 (“book”).

Compounds

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

圖: Hán Nôm readings: đồ

  1. to trace (a drawing or painting)
  2. to duplicate (a drawing or painting)
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