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Translingual
Han character
妒 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女竹尸 (VHS) or 女戈尸 (VIS), four-corner 41460, composition ⿰女户(GV) or ⿰女戶(HTJK))
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6082
- Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1033, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5992
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 妒
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*tqaːs
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| 雇
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*kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
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| 顧
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*kʷaːs
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| 戽
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*qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
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| 戶
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*ɡʷaːʔ
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| 扈
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*ɡʷaːʔ
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| 帍
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*ɡʷaːʔ
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| 昈
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*ɡʷaːʔ
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| 滬
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*ɡʷaːʔ
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| 簄
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*ɡʷaːʔ
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| 齭
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*skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ
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| 所
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*sqʰraʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tqaːs) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 戶 (OC *ɡʷaːʔ).
《說文解字注》 considered it a corrupted form of 妬: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tqaːs) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 妬 (OC *taːɡs).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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妒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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dù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tuH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tˁak-s/
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| English
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jealous
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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妒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5291
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Phonetic
component
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戸
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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妒
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Old
Chinese
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/*tqaːs/
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Definitions
妒
- † (of a woman) to be jealous of her husband or another woman
- (by extension) to be jealous or envious of; to envy
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
妒
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- Alternative form of 妬
Readings
Korean
Hanja
妒 (eumhun 샘낼 투 (saemnael tu))
- Alternative form of 妬 (“Hanja form? of 투 (“to envy”).”)
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
妒: Hán Nôm readings: đố, đú
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