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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
豆 (Kangxi radical 151, 豆 +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿 (MRT ), four-corner 10108 , composition ⿱𠮛 䒑 )
Kangxi radical #151, ⾖ .
Derived characters
Appendix:Chinese radical/豆
侸 , 哣 , 𭎞 , 𭐞 , 㛒 , 㤱 , 𢭃 , 浢 , 𤞟 , 𨹜 , 逗 , 梪 , 𭴧 , 𪻡 , 脰 , 䄈 , 𥆖 , 短 , 裋 , 𥺉 , 𬗖 , 䛠 , 𧻿 , 𨁋 , 𮝒 , 𫑶 , 鋀 , 𩊪 , 餖 (饾 ), 䱏 , 𪏄
剅 , 𰃛 , 𭔰 , 郖 , 㪷 , 㰯 , 𣪌 , 毭 , 𧡀 , 頭 , 𪁞 , 㐙 , 壴 , 𡘰 , 荳 , 𪲓 , 登 , 𥥷 , 壹 , 䇺 , 𪉣 , 𭅋 , 㢄 , 痘 , 䖒 , 𫔡 , 𩰒 , 𡇧
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1191 , character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36245
Dae Jaweon: page 1654, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3565, character 1
Unihan data for U+8C46
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
侸
*toː
剅
*toː, *roː
郖
*toː, *doːs
鬪
*toːs
鋀
*tʰoː
頭
*doː
豆
*doːs
逗
*doːs, *dos
痘
*doːs
梪
*doːs
脰
*doːs
荳
*doːs
浢
*doːs
餖
*doːs
毭
*doːs
豎
*djoʔ
裋
*djoʔ
短
*toːnʔ
Pictogram (象形 ) – some kind of container. Borrowed phonetically for the plant name. Displaced Old Chinese 菽 (shū ). Unrelated to the bottom part of 豊 .
Etymology
Derived from 頭 (OC *doː ), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *du ( “ head ” ) (STEDT).
"Soybean > bean" is possibly the same word as "round vessel" (Unger, 1984 )
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : dòu (dou4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄉㄡˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : dou4
(Xi'an , Guanzhong Pinyin ) : dōu
(Nanjing , Nanjing Pinyin ) : dōu
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : dau6 / dau6-2
(Dongguan , Jyutping++ ) : daau3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : eu5
(Yangjiang , Jyutping++ ) : dau6
Gan (Wiktionary ) : teu5
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : thèu
(Hailu , HRS ) : teu˖
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : têu4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : dou3
Northern Min (KCR ) : dē
Eastern Min (BUC ) : dâu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): dao5
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : tāu / tiō / tō͘
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : dao7 / dou6
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : dao1 / deu7
Southern Pinghua (Nanning , Jyutping++ ) : dau6
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang
(Changsha , Wiktionary ) : dou5
(Loudi , Wiktionary ) : ddieu5
(Hengyang , Wiktionary ) : dou5
Note : dòur - bean-related senses.
Note :
dau6 - used in compounds;
dau6-2 - used as a standalone noun.
Gan
Hakka
Jin
Northern Min
Eastern Min
Puxian Min
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , Jinjiang , Hui'an , Zhangpu , Changtai , Longyan , General Taiwanese , Singapore , Penang )
(Hokkien : Quanzhou , Jinjiang , Hui'an )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Zhangzhou , Zhangpu , General Taiwanese )
Note :
tāu - vernacular;
tiō/tō͘ - literary.
Note :
dao7 - “bean”;
dou6 - “food container”.
(Leizhou )
Leizhou Pinyin : dao1 / deu7
Sinological IPA : /tau³⁵/, /tɛu⁵⁵/
Note :
dao1 - vernacular;
deu7 - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
豆
豆
Reading #
1/2
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
dòu
dòu
Middle Chinese
‹ duwH ›
‹ duwH ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁo-s/
/*ˁok-s/
English
bean
vessel with a neck
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
豆
Reading #
1/1
No.
2466
Phonetic component
豆
Rime group
侯
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*doːs/
Definitions
豆
pod -bearing plant or its seeds ; bean ; pea (Classifier : 顆 / 颗 m ; 粒 m )
綠豆 / 绿豆 ― lǜdòu ― mung bean
蠶豆 / 蚕豆 ― cándòu ― fava bean
豌豆 ― wāndòu ― pea
bean-shaped object (Classifier : 顆 / 颗 m ; 粒 m )
咖啡豆 ― kāfēidòu ― coffee bean
( historical ) stemmed shallow bowl on a round base , often with a lid and sometimes with handles , initially earthenware and used as a food container , later also made of wood or bronze and used to hold minced and pickled meats and vegetables and used in ritual sacrifice
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
豆
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
bean , legume
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
⟨mame2 ⟩ → /mame/
From Old Japanese , in turn from Proto-Japonic *mamay .
Pronunciation
Noun
豆( まめ ) • (mame )
the pulses
a bean
1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio , “世( せ ) 界( かい ) 名( めい ) 作( さく ) 童( どう ) 話( わ ) 第( だい ) 5( ご ) 巻( かん ) ジャックと豆( まめ ) の木( き ) [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 5: Jack and the Beanstalk ]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow ] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集 ; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN , page 120 :ジャックは豆( まめ ) の木 をつたって、雲の上にのぼりました。 Jakku wa mame no ki o tsutatte, kumo no ue ni noborimashita. Jack scrambled along the beanstalk, climbed up above the clouds.
a pea
a soybean
Derived terms
Idioms
豆( まめ ) を植( う ) えて稗( ひえ ) を得( え ) る ( mame o uete hie o eru , “ to do something expecting good results, instead getting bad results ” )
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 豆 (MC duwH ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
豆 (eumhun 콩 두 ( kong du ) )
hanja form? of 두 ( “ bean ” )
Compounds
Compounds
두부 (豆腐 , dubu , “tofu ”)
두유 (豆乳 , duyu , “soy milk ”)
두유 (豆油 , duyu )
대두 (大豆 , daedu )
녹두 (綠豆 , nokdu )
두류 (豆類 , duryu )
두아 (豆芽 , dua )
흑두 (黑豆 , heukdu )
홍두 (紅豆 , hongdu )
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
豆 : Hán Nôm readings: đậu [ 1] , dấu [ 2]
chữ Hán form of đậu ( “ bean ” ) .
Derived terms
References
Zhuang
Noun
豆
Sawndip form of daeuh ( “ seaweed, algae ” )
Adjective
豆
Sawndip form of daeuh ( “ green (as seaweed or algae) ” )