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U+689D, 條
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-689D

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 75, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人中人木 (OLOD), four-corner 28294, composition (GV) or (HTJK) or (HTJK))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 529, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14859
  • Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 176, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+689D

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𣔌
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯːw) : phonetic (OC *lɯw) + semantic . Originally it indicates a small branch, perhaps with some reference to a wooden stick (in the top component, there is a man warned by a hand holding a vertical stick). The bottom part of the character is unrelated to .

Etymology

Related to (OC *lɯw, “remote; distant”), (OC *slɯw, “long and thin”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note: tiu5 - rare.
Note:
  • tiâu - literary;
  • liâu - vernacular.
Note:
  • diao5 - Shantou;
  • diou5 - Chaozhou.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /tʰiɑu³⁵/
Harbin /tʰiau²⁴/
Tianjin /tʰiɑu⁴⁵/
Jinan /tʰiɔ⁴²/
Qingdao /tʰiɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tʰiau⁴²/
Xi'an /tʰiau²⁴/
Xining /tʰiɔ²⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰiɔ⁵³/
Lanzhou /tʰiɔ⁵³/
Ürümqi /tʰiɔ⁵¹/
Wuhan /tʰiau²¹³/
Chengdu /tʰiau³¹/
Guiyang /tʰiao²¹/
Kunming /tʰiɔ³¹/
Nanjing /tʰiɔo²⁴/
Hefei /tʰiɔ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰiau¹¹/
Pingyao /tʰiɔ¹³/
/tiɔ¹³/ ~帚帚
Hohhot /tʰiɔ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /diɔ²³/
Suzhou /diæ¹³/
Hangzhou /diɔ²¹³/
Wenzhou /diɛ³¹/
Hui Shexian /tʰiɔ⁴⁴/
Tunxi /tʰiu⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /tiau¹³/
Xiangtan /diaɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /tʰiɛu²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /tʰiau¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʰiɑu¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰiu²¹/
Nanning /tʰiu²¹/
Hong Kong /tʰiu²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tiau³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tɛu⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tiau³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /tiau⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdiau³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/deu/
Pan
Wuyun
/deu/
Shao
Rongfen
/deu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛw/
Li
Rong
/deu/
Wang
Li
/dieu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tiu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiáo tiáo
Middle
Chinese
‹ dew › ‹ dew ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁiw/ /*lˁiw/
English arrange branch (n.), shoot (n.)

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. 15466
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'ɯːw/

Definitions

  1. strip; slip
      ―  zhǐtiáo  ―  slip of paper
  2. twig; branch
      ―  liǔtiáo  ―  willow branch
  3. long and thin objects
      ―  miàntiáo  ―  noodles
  4. (of law or treaty) item; article; section; clause; condition
      ―  tiáokuǎn  ―  term; condition; clause; provision
  5. informal note
    病假病假  ―  bìngjiàtiáo  ―  certificate for sick leave
    廚房發現 [MSC, trad.]
    厨房发现 [MSC, simp.]
    Chúfáng lǐ wǒ fāxiàn tā liú le zhāng tiáo.
    I found a note from him in the kitchen.
  6. order
    不紊不紊  ―  yǒutiáobùwěn  ―  in perfect order; methodically arranged
  7. (Teochew) settled; stable
    [Teochew]  ―  fail to control
  8. Classifier for long and thin objects or animals.
      ―  tiáo hóng yú  ―  a red fish
      ―  tiáo shé  ―  a snake
      ―  tiáo  ―  a road
      ―  tiáo  ―  a river
    褲子裤子  ―  tiáo kùzi  ―  a pair of pants
    [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 tiu4 mou4   ―  a piece of hair
  9. Classifier for something that can be listed item by item, such as reasons, (pieces of) news, messages, advices, etc.
    數學数学 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 tiu4 sou3 hok6 tai4   ―  a math problem
  10. Classifier for lives or minds.
    聽講 [Cantonese, trad.]
    听讲 [Cantonese, simp.]
    teng1 gong2 maau1 jau5 gau2 tiu4 meng6.
    I've heard it said that cats have nine lives.
  11. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) Classifier for songs.
  12. (Cantonese) Classifier for villages.
  13. (Cantonese, often derogatory) Classifier for people.
    [Cantonese]  ―  go2 tiu4 neoi5-2   ―  that girl
  14. (Cantonese) Classifier for consecutive digits.
    [Cantonese]  ―  saam1 tiu4 gau2   ―  999

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • Zhuang: diuz

Further reading

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings

  • Go-on: じょう ()でう (deu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ちょう (chō)てう (teu, historical)
  • On: でき (deki)
  • Kun: えだ (eda, )すじ (suji, )

Korean

Hanja

(eum (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: điều

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