妥
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Translingual
Han character
妥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月女 (BV), four-corner 20404, composition ⿱爫女)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6107
- Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1032, character 2
- Unihan data for U+59A5
Chinese
| trad. | 妥 | |
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| simp. # | 妥 | |
| alternative forms | 𡛎 𢼻 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 妥 | ||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 女 (“woman”) – to comfort, to placate. Original form of 綏 (OC *snul).
Compare 孚.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): to3
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): to3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): tue2
- Northern Min (KCR): tǒ̤
- Eastern Min (BUC): tuō
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5thu / 3thou / 3tho
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): to3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒ
- Wade–Giles: tʻo3
- Yale: twǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoo
- Palladius: то (to)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: to3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: to
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰo⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: to5 / to2
- Yale: tóh / tó
- Cantonese Pinyin: to5 / to2
- Guangdong Romanization: to5 / to2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔː¹³/, /tʰɔː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ho4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hᵘɔ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: to3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰo²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó
- Hakka Romanization System: toˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: to3
- Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: tue2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuɤ⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǒ̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tuō
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰuo³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘
- Tâi-lô: thóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: tor
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó
- Tâi-lô: thó
- Phofsit Daibuun: toir
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò
- Tâi-lô: thò
- Phofsit Daibuun: toix
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Note:
- thó͘/thó - literary;
- thò - vernacular (俗).
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 妥 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tʰuo²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /tʰuo²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /tʰuo¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /tʰuə⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /tʰuə⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /tʰuo⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /tʰuo⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /tʰu⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /tʰuə⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /tʰuə⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /tʰuɤ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /tʰuo⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /tʰo⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /tʰo⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /tʰo⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /tʰo²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /tʰʊ²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /tʰuɤ⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /tʰuə⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /tʰuɤ⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /tʰu³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /tʰəu⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /tʰo⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /tʰɤu³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /tʰo³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /tʰo³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tʰo⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /tʰo⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /tʰo²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /tʰo³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /tʰo¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tʰɔ²³/ |
| Nanning | /tʰɔ³⁵/ /tʰɔ²⁴/ | |
| Hong Kong | /tʰɔ¹³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /to⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tʰo³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰɔ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰo⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /ho³¹/ |
- Middle Chinese: thwaX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*n̥ˤojʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰoːlʔ/
Definitions
妥
- appropriate; suitable; proper
- finished; settled; ready
- (archaic) to sit still; to sit peacefully
- (literary) secure; stable; smooth
- (literary) to drop; to fall; to hang down
- (Cantonese, transitive, chiefly in the negative) to welcome; to like
- a surname: Tuo
Synonyms
- (appropriate):
- 一定 (yīdìng)
- 停當／停当 (tíngdàng)
- 允 (literary, or in compounds)
- 允當／允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
- 剛好／刚好 (gānghǎo)
- 合宜 (héyí)
- 合手 (héshǒu)
- 合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
- 合適／合适 (héshì)
- 啱 (ngaam1) (Cantonese, Hakka)
- 妥善 (tuǒshàn)
- 妥實／妥实 (tuǒshí)
- 妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
- 妥當／妥当
- 安帖 (āntiē)
- 定當／定当 (dìngdàng)
- 對勁／对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
- 對路／对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
- 對頭／对头
- 得宜 (déyí) (literary)
- 得當／得当 (dédàng)
- 得體／得体 (détǐ)
- 恰當／恰当 (qiàdàng)
- 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
- 拄好 (Hokkien)
- 的當／的当 (dídàng)
- 相宜 (xiāngyí)
- 相當／相当 (xiāngdāng)
- 耐 (literary)
- 貼切／贴切 (tiēqiè)
- 適合／适合 (shìhé)
- 適宜／适宜 (shìyí)
- 適用／适用 (shìyòng)
- 適當／适当 (shìdàng)
- 適量／适量 (shìliàng)
- 配合
- (finished):
- 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
- 俱備／俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
- 全 (quán)
- 全備／全备 (quánbèi)
- 全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
- 加尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 十足 (shízú)
- 囫圇／囫囵 (húlún)
- 囫圇個／囫囵个 (húlúngè) (colloquial)
- 完 (wán)
- 完備／完备 (wánbèi)
- 完全 (wánquán)
- 完具 (wánjù) (literary)
- 完整 (wánzhěng)
- 實足／实足 (shízú)
- 掃／扫 (literary, or in compounds)
- 整 (zhěng)
- 整個／整个 (zhěnggè) (attributive)
- 整齊／整齐 (zhěngqí)
- 渾然／浑然 (húnrán)
- 滿／满 (mǎn)
- 齊備／齐备 (qíbèi)
- 齊備／齐备 (chiâu-pī) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 齊全／齐全 (chiâu-chn̂g) (Hokkien)
- 齊全／齐全 (qíquán)
Compounds
References
- “妥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 妥 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
妥󠄁 妥+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 妥󠄃 妥+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
妥
Readings
- Go-on: た (ta)
- Kan-on: た (ta)
- Kan’yō-on: だ (da, Jōyō)
- Kun: おだやか (odayaka, 妥やか)
- Nanori: やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)
References
Korean
Hanja
妥 (eum 타 (ta))
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Vietnamese
Han character
妥: Hán Nôm readings: thỏa/thoả, thõa/thoã
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