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Translingual
Han character
滔 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹難 (EBHX), four-corner 32177, composition ⿰氵舀)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 643, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18035
- Dae Jaweon: page 1050, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1702, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6ED4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 滔
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 韜
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 縚
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 謟
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 慆
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 幍
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 槄
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*l̥ʰuː, *l̥ʰuːʔ
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| 搯
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 瑫
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*l̥ʰuː
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| 稻
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*l'uːʔ
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| 蹈
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*l'uːs
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| 舀
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*lowʔ, *lu, *lo
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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滔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tāo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ thaw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁu/
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| English
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rushing water
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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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滔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14731
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Phonetic
component
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舀
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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饕
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ʰuː/
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Definitions
滔
- to flood; to inundate; to overflow
- to surge; to swell
- rushing water; torrent
- (literary) arrogant; prideful
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
滔
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 㴞)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
滔 (eum 도 (do))
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Vietnamese
Han character
滔: Hán Nôm readings: thao, thào
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