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U+83DF, 菟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83DF

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓日戈 (TNAI), four-corner 44413, composition )

  1. dodder
  2. creeper

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1038, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31189
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3237, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+83DF

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (6)
Final () (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter thuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɔH/
Li
Rong
/tʰoH/
Wang
Li
/tʰuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 12508
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːs/

Definitions

  1. Used in 菟葵.
  2. Used in 菟裘.
  3. Used in 菟絲菟丝 (tùsī) and 菟絲子菟丝子 (tùsīzǐ).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with (OC *qʰlaːʔ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (7)
Final () (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 12511
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daː/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 於菟 (wūtú).

References

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. dodder

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(do) (hangeul , revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

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