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Translingual
Han character
禱 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈火土弓戈 (IFGNI), four-corner 34241, composition ⿰礻壽)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 847, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24852
- Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2410, character 10
- Unihan data for U+79B1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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禱
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*tuːʔ, *tuːs
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擣
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*tuːʔ
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檮
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*tuːʔ, *duː, *du
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壔
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*tuːʔ
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懤
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*tuːʔ, *du, *dus
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濤
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*duː, *duː
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燾
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*duː, *duːs
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翿
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*duː, *duːs
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幬
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*duːs, *du
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儔
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*duːs, *du
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譸
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*tu
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籌
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*du
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疇
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*du
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躊
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*du
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燽
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*du
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薵
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*du
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魗
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*tʰjuʔ, *dju
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醻
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*dju
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壽
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*djuʔ, *djus
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璹
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*djuʔ, *djuɡ
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鑄
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*tjos
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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禱
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dǎo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tawX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁuʔ/
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English
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pray
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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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禱
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禱
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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11678
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11683
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Phonetic component
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壽
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壽
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Rime group
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幽
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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倒
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到
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Old Chinese
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/*tuːʔ/
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/*tuːs/
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Definitions
禱
- to pray
- 默禱/默祷 ― mòdǎo ― to pray silently
吉日維戊,既伯既禱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
吉日维戊,既伯既祷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jírì wéi wù, jì bó jì dǎo.
- A lucky day was wù, and we sacrificed on it to the Ruler of horses, and prayed.
1999, 西伯 (lyrics and music), “上帝聽禱告”performed by 鄧婉玲 [Mimi Tang] and 蘇如紅 [Ivy So]:
神啊 可否聽聽我禱 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
神啊 可否听听我祷 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- san4 aa3, ho2 fau2 teng1 teng1 ngo5 tou2
- O God, can You listen to me pray?
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
禱
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 祷)
- pray
- entreat
- beg
- plead
- prayer
Readings
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
禱 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)
- to pray