瀆

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See also: 渎, 涜, and 凟
瀆 U+7006, 瀆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7006
← 瀅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 瀇 →

Translingual

Traditional 瀆
Shinjitai
(extended) 		涜
Simplified 渎

Han character

瀆 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 水土田金 (EGWC), four-corner 34186, composition ⿰氵賣)

  1. disrespectful
  2. ditch, sluice, gutter, drain

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 658, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18591
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1068, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1776, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+7006

Chinese

trad. 瀆
simp. 渎
alternative forms 凟／𰃿
豄／𰶔
𨽍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瀆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (𧶠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
竇 *l'oːɡs
續 *ljoɡs, *ljoɡ
覿 *l'juːɡ
黷 *l'oːɡ
讟 *l'oːɡ
殰 *l'oːɡ
讀 *l'oːɡ
櫝 *l'oːɡ
牘 *l'oːɡ
儥 *l'oːɡ
贕 *l'oːɡ
皾 *l'oːɡ
瓄 *l'oːɡ
瀆 *l'oːɡ
豄 *l'oːɡ
韇 *l'oːɡ
嬻 *l'oːɡ
犢 *l'oːɡ
匵 *l'oːɡ
藚 *ljoɡ
襩 *ɦljoɡ
贖 *ɦljoɡ
𧶠 *luɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'oːɡ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 𧶠 (OC *luɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Note: zuk6 — proscribed.
Rime
Character 瀆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 屋 (3)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒谷切
Baxter duwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/duk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/duk̚/
Wang
Li 		/duk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱuk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		duk6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瀆
Reading # 1/1
No. 16046
Phonetic
component 		𧶠
Rime
group 		屋
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		獨
Old
Chinese 		/*l'oːɡ/

Definitions

瀆

  1. (literary) ditch; sluice; gutter; drain
  2. (literary) great river; large river
  3. (literary) to show disrespect or contempt, to be rude to, to annoy, to profane

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

瀆

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 竇 / 窦 (dòu, “opening; hole”)

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

涜

Print
standard

瀆

Kanji

瀆

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 涜)

  1. ditch
  2. sluice
  3. gutter, drain
  4. blaspheme, pollute

Readings

  • Go-on: どく (doku)
  • Kan-on: とく (toku)
  • Kun: みぞ (mizo, 瀆)、けがす (kegasu, 瀆す)、けがれる (kegareru, 瀆れる)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

瀆 (eum 독 (dok))

  1. ditch
  2. pollute

Vietnamese

Han character

瀆: Hán Nôm readings: độc

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