都

都 U+90FD, 都 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90FD ← 郼 CJK Unified Ideographs 郾 →

都 U+FA26, 都 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA26 ← 逸 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 﨧 →

Stroke order

Note that there are two Unicode z-variants, with code points U+90FD and U+FA26 (the latter is a compatibility variant and contains an extra dot below 耂 in 者).

都 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8 in Chinese, 邑+9 in Japanese, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十日弓中 (JANL), four-corner 4762₇, composition ⿰者阝)

• 嘟, 𢵋, 𨗊, 𣛭, 𡳤, 𨅮, 𩼁, 𡳣, 𡼞, 𡳢, 𦺥, 𥳉, 𧹼

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1274, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39497
• Dae Jaweon: page 1773, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3776, character 7
• Unihan data for U+90FD

• Unihan data for U+FA26

Historical forms of the character 都
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *taː) : phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ) + semantic 邑 (“town, city”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

都

1. metropolis; large city

   都市  ―  dūshì  ―  metropolis; major city

2. capital; capital city

   都城  ―  dūchéng  ―  capital

3. (literary) to make a place the capital city; to establish a capital

   • 帝王所都為中，故曰中國。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     帝王所都为中，故曰中国。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Xi (劉熈), quoted in 5th century, 《史記集解》Records of the Grand Historian - Collected Explanations by Pei Yin (裴駰)

     Dìwáng suǒdōu wèi zhōng, gù yuē zhōngguó.

     Where emperors and kings make to be the capital is taken as the centre, hence the appellation the central region.

4. (obsolete) graceful; elegant
5. a surname. Du

• (metropolis):

Colloquial form of 諸 (OC *tja, “all”) (Schuessler, 2007).

都

1. all; both (used to indicate that the statement is true for every subject or object); or the entirety of something

   我都知道了。  ―  Wǒ dōu zhīdào le.  ―  I know everything.

   他比任何人都好。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā bǐ rènhé rén dōu hǎo.

   He is better than anyone else.

   這裡的人我都認識。 [MSC, trad.]
   这里的人我都认识。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ de rén wǒ dōu rènshí.

   I know everyone here.

   現在在超市什麼都買得到。 [MSC, trad.]
   现在在超市什么都买得到。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiànzài zài chāoshì shénme dōu mǎi de dào.

   These days everything can be bought from a supermarket.

   他什麼電影都不看。 [MSC, trad.]
   他什么电影都不看。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shénme diànyǐng dōu bù kàn.

   He doesn't watch any movies.

   我真羨慕他，在哪裡都能睡得著。 [MSC, trad.]
   我真羡慕他，在哪里都能睡得着。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhēn xiànmù tā, zài nǎlǐ dōu néng shuìdezháo.

   I really envy him; he can sleep wherever he is.

   大都  ―  dàdōu  ―  generally

   吹到成牆都係 [Cantonese, trad.]
   吹到成墙都系 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ceoi¹ dou³ sing⁴ coeng⁴ dou¹ hai⁶

   blown by the wind until it has covered the entire wall

2. (emphasis on subject) even

   我都不知道，你是怎麼知道的？ [MSC, trad.]
   我都不知道，你是怎么知道的？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ dōu bù zhīdào, nǐ shì zěnme zhīdào de?

   How come you know it when even I don't know?

3. (emphasis on object) even, interchangeable with 也 (yě)

   我身上一分錢都沒有。 [MSC, trad.]
   我身上一分钱都没有。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ shēnshàng yī fēn qián dōu méiyǒu.

   I don't even have a single cent.

   我給她打了四個電話，她一個都沒接。 [MSC, trad.]
   我给她打了四个电话，她一个都没接。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gěi tā dǎ le sì ge diànhuà, tā yīge dōu méi jiē.

   I called her four times, but she answered none of them.

   1. (emphasis) Used in the 連……都…… structure; interchangeable with 也 (yě); even

      他連畜生都不如，連自己的父母都不養活。 [MSC, trad.]
      他连畜生都不如，连自己的父母都不养活。 [MSC, simp.]

      Tā lián chùsheng dōu bùrú, lián zìjǐ de fùmǔ dōu bù yǎnghuo.

      He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents.

4. (emphasis on verb, in the negative) at all

   睇都未睇過／睇都未睇过  ―  dì dōu wèi dì guò  ―  have not seen a single second of it; have not seen it at all

5. already

   都四點了。／都四点了。  ―  Dōu sì diǎn le.  ―  It is already 4 o'clock.

   都這麼晚了嗎？／都这么晚了吗？  ―  Dōu zhème wǎn le ma?  ―  Is it that late already?

6. (Cantonese) as well; also; too

   我都好好。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ dou¹ hou² hou².   ―  I'm fine too.

7. (Cantonese) still; anyways; nevertheless

• When negating 都, the placement of 不 (bù) is important.

不都: not all, not everyone.

都不: none, no one

Shinjitai	都
Kyūjitai [1]	都 都 or 都+︀?
	都󠄀 都+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	都󠄃 都+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 都)

• Go-on: つ (tsu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: と (to, Jōyō)
• Kun: みやこ (miyako, 都, Jōyō)、いち (ichi, 都)、あつまる (atsumaru, 都まる)、あつめる (atsumeru, 都める)^{←あつむ (atumu, 都む, historical)}、すべて (subete, 都て)、すべる (suberu, 都べる)
• Nanori: いち (ichi)、くに (kuni)、さと (sato)、ひろ (hiro)、みやこ (miyako)

• 都(ど)都(ど)一(いつ), 都(ど)都(ど)逸(いつ) (dodoitsu)

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Miyako

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⟨mi₁yako₁⟩ → */mʲijakʷo/ → /mijako/

From Old Japanese, a compound of 宮(みや) (miya, “imperial palace”) + 処(こ) (ko, “place”).

• (Tokyo) みやこ (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

都(みやこ) • (miyako) 

1. (archaic) the place of residence of the emperor
2. (by extension) a capital city
3. (by extension) a capital (most important city in the field specified)
4. (shogi, colloquial) Short for 都詰め (miyakozume): moving the 王将 (ōshō)/玉将 (gyokushō, “king”) to the center of the board with other pieces close together

• 住(す)めば都(みやこ) (sumeba miyako)

• → English: Meaco (“Kyōto”)
• → Latin: Meacum (“Kyōto”)

都(みやこ) • (Miyako) 

1. a placename
2. a surname
3. a female given name

From Middle Chinese 都 (MC tu).

• (Tokyo) と (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

都(と) • (to) 

1. a capital city
2. a city, metropolis
3. Short for 東京都 (Tōkyō-to): the capital prefecture of Tokyo

都(と) • (to) 

1. city, metropolis
2. capital city
3. elegant, graceful, refined
4. gather, command

都(と) • (-to) 

1. counter for metropolis prefectures

• Since 東(とう)京(きょう)都(と) (Tōkyō-to) is the only prefecture with 都(と) (-to), the counter only appears as 一(いっ)都(と) (itto). It combines with the other prefecture counters 県(けん) (-ken), 道(どう) (-dō) and 府(ふ) (-fu) to count prefectures of mixed types.

From Middle Chinese 都 (MC tu).

都(つ) • (tsu) 

1. all, both, everyone, whole

• 都(つ)合(ごう) (tsugō)
• 都(つ)度(ど) (tsudo)

都 (eumhun 도읍 도 (do'eup do))

1. hanja form^? of 도 (“capital city”)
2. hanja form^? of 도 (“all, the whole”)
3. hanja form^? of 도 (“elegant, refined”)

• 도시 (都市, dosi, “city”)
• 수도 (首都, sudo, “capital”)

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 都)

• On (unclassified): ち (chi)、とぅ (tu)

• 都(ち)合(ごー) (chigō)
• 京(ちょー)都(とぅ) (Chōtu)

• 京, 京都

Originally a compound of 宮 (mi₁ya, “palace”) and an uncertain こ (ko₁) referring to a place.

• The ko is possibly 処 (ko₂, affix indicating location), according to most dictionaries. However, poems in the Man'yōshū attest overwhelming phonetic usage of ⟨ko₁⟩ instead of ⟨ko₂⟩. There has likely been a vowel assimilation; it accounts for a form of this affix く (ku, place) (e.g. いづく (iduku, “where”)) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).
• Alternatively, the ko might be from 子 (-ko₁, diminutive suffix), as some Man'yōshū poems use the 宮子 reading.

都 (mi₁yako₁) (kana みやこ)

1. the place of residence of the emperor, especially a temporary lodging in which the emperor stays during an imperial visit
2. (by extension) a capital city

• 奈良の都 (Nara no₂ mi₁yako₁)

• Japanese: 都 (miyako)

都: Hán Nôm readings: đô

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