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Translingual
Han character
拖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手人心木 (QOPD), four-corner 58012, composition ⿰扌㐌)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11961
- Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1853, character 8
- Unihan data for U+62D6
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 他
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*l̥ʰaːl
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| 拖
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*l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls
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| 駞
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*l'aːl
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| 池
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*l'aːl, *l'al
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| 灺
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*ljalʔ
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| 鍦
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*ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals
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| 虵
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*ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal
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| 也
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*laːlʔ
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| 忚
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*hleːl
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| 髢
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*l'eːls
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| 杝
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*l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal
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| 肔
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*l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ
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| 馳
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*l'al
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| 阤
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*l'alʔ, *hljalʔ
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| 施
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*hljal, *hljals
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| 絁
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*hljal
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| 葹
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*hljal
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| 弛
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*hljalʔ
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| 箷
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*lal
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| 衪
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*lel, *lalʔ
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| 暆
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*lel
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| 迆
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*lal, *lalʔ
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| 酏
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*lal, *lalʔ
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| 匜
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*lal, *lalʔ
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| 迤
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*lalʔ
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| 扡
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*lalʔ
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| 崺
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*lalʔ
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| 貤
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*lals, *ɦljels, *lels
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| 地
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*l'els
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Variant form of 拕／拖 (tuō), phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls) : semantic 手 + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).
Pronunciation
Note:
- tuói - vernacular;
- tó̤ - literary.
Note:
- tăi, tuà - vernacular;
- tŏ̤ - literary.
Note:
- thoa - vernacular;
- tho/tho͘ - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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拖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tuō
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tha ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁaj/
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| English
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draw, pull
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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拖
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拖
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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14766
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14767
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Phonetic
component
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也
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也
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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佗
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拖
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ʰaːl/
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/*l̥ʰaːls/
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| Notes
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俗拕字
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Definitions
拖
- to drag; to tow; to haul
- 拖車／拖车 ― tuōchē ― tow truck
- 強拖／强拖 ― qiáng tuō ― to forcefully drag
- 拖喼 [Cantonese] ― to1 gip1 ― to lug a suitcase
- to mop
- 拖地 ― tuōdì ― to mop the floor
- to droop; to dangle; to hang down; to sag
- to hold hands
- 手拖手 ― shǒu tuō shǒu ― hand holding hand
- to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong
- 拖時間／拖时间 [Cantonese] ― to1 si4 gaan1-3 ― to stall
- to sustain (a sound)
- to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
- Short for 拖鞋 (tuōxié, “flip-flops; slippers”).
- 人字拖 [Cantonese] ― jan4 zi6 to1 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (Cantonese, slang) fight
- 還拖／还拖 [Cantonese] ― waan4 to1 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- a surname: Tuo
Synonyms
- 下垂 (xiàchuí)
- 嘟嚕／嘟噜 (dūlu)
- 塌 (tā)
- 耷拉 (dāla) (colloquial)
- 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
- 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
- 延延 (Hokkien)
- 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
- 延期 (yánqī)
- 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
- 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
- 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
- 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
- 拖延 (tuōyán)
- 拖拉 (tuōlā)
- 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
- 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
- 挨 (ái)
- 挨延 (Hokkien)
- 挨稽 (Hokkien)
- 挨臺／挨台 (ngai2 tai2) (Sichuanese)
- 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
- 捱延 (Hokkien)
- 推延 (tuīyán)
- 捱稽 (Hokkien)
- 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
- 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
- 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
- 緩／缓 (huǎn)
- 耗 (regional)
- 耽延 (dānyán)
- 耽擱／耽搁
- 耽誤／耽误
- 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
- 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
- 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
- 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
- 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)
- (to pin down): 牽制／牵制 (qiānzhì)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to delay”):
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
拖
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
拖 (eumhun 끌 타 (kkeul ta))
- Hanja form? of 타 (“to drag”).
Vietnamese
Han character
拖: Hán Nôm readings: đà, đớ, đợ, đỡ, tha, đoa, đòa/đoà
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