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Translingual
Han character
竇 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十金土田金 (JCGWC), four-corner 30806, composition ⿱穴賣(GTK) or ⿱穴𧶠(HJ))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 869, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25695
- Dae Jaweon: page 1298, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2745, character 12
- Unihan data for U+7AC7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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竇
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*l'oːɡs
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續
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*ljoɡs, *ljoɡ
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覿
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*l'juːɡ
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黷
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*l'oːɡ
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讟
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*l'oːɡ
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殰
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*l'oːɡ
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讀
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*l'oːɡ
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櫝
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*l'oːɡ
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牘
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*l'oːɡ
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儥
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*l'oːɡ
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贕
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*l'oːɡ
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皾
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*l'oːɡ
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瓄
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*l'oːɡ
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瀆
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*l'oːɡ
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豄
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*l'oːɡ
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韇
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*l'oːɡ
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嬻
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*l'oːɡ
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犢
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*l'oːɡ
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匵
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*l'oːɡ
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藚
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*ljoɡ
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襩
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*ɦljoɡ
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贖
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*ɦljoɡ
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𧶠
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*luɡ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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竇
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dòu
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Middle Chinese
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‹ duwH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*lˁok-s/
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English
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hole; drain
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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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竇
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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16033
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Phonetic component
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𧶠
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Rime group
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竇
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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Old Chinese
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/*l'oːɡs/
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Definitions
竇
- hole; burrow
- (anatomy) cavity; sinus
- a surname
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
竇
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) nest; den
- 老鼠竇/老鼠窦 [Cantonese] ― lou5 syu2 dau3 ― rat's nest
- 雀竇/雀窦 [Cantonese] ― zoek3 dau3 ― bird's nest
1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “巢”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 527:
- 客鳥巢/客鸟巢 [Teochew] ― kêh4 ziou2 dao3 [Peng'im] ― a magpie's nest
- (Cantonese, Hakka, colloquial) home
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, colloquial) hideout
See also
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
竇
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
竇 (eum 두 (du))
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Vietnamese
Han character
竇: Hán Nôm readings: đậu
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References