饕餮

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Chinese

gluttonous gluttonous
trad. (饕餮)
simp. #(饕餮)
alternative forms 叨飻
Wikipedia has articles on:
饕餮 (taotie motif)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (6)
Final () (89) (87)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter thaw thet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑu/ /tʰet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑu/ /tʰet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑu/ /tʰɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰaw/ /tʰɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑu/ /tʰet̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑu/ /tʰiet̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰɑu/ /tʰiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tāo tie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou1 tit3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tāo tiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ thaw › ‹ thet ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁaw/ /*ˁət/
English 饕餮 thaw.thet glutton 饕餮 thaw.thet glutton

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 1/1
No. 4915 17108
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰaːw/ /*r̥ʰɯːd/
Notes

Noun

饕餮

  1. (Chinese mythology) taotie (legendary gluttonous animal)
  2. () taotie (stylized design frequently found on ancient bronzes)
  3. (figurative) gourmand; glutton; voracious eater
  4. (figurative) fierce and greedy person

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Hyōgai
てつ
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

(とう)(てつ) (tōtetsu

  1. a taotie
  2. (figuratively) a brutal or covetous person

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

饕餮 (docheol) (hangeul 도철)

  1. hanja form? of 도철 (taotie)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

饕餮

  1. chữ Hán form of thao thiết (taotie).