逗

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逗 U+9017, 逗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9017
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Translingual

Han character

逗 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜一口廿 (YMRT), four-corner 31301, composition ⿺辶豆)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38887
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3838, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9017

Chinese

trad. 逗
simp. # 逗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (豆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
侸 *toː
剅 *toː, *roː
郖 *toː, *doːs
鬪 *toːs
鋀 *tʰoː
頭 *doː
豆 *doːs
逗 *doːs, *dos
痘 *doːs
梪 *doːs
脰 *doːs
荳 *doːs
浢 *doːs
餖 *doːs
毭 *doːs
豎 *djoʔ
裋 *djoʔ
短 *toːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːs, *dos) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs).

Etymology

“to stay; to remain; to stop”
Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *du (“dwell, stay, sit”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tāu - vernacular;
  • tiō/tō͘ - literary.
Note: dao1 - vernacular (俗).
Rime
Character 逗 逗
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 持遇切 田候切
Baxter drjuH duwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨoH/ /dəuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖioH/ /dəuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡioH/ /dəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuə̆H/ /dəwH/
Li
Rong 		/ȡioH/ /duH/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭuH/ /dəuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯uH/ /dʱə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhù dòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyu6 dau6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 逗 逗
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2467 2477
Phonetic
component 		豆 豆
Rime
group 		侯 侯
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		住
Old
Chinese 		/*doːs/ /*dos/

Definitions

逗

  1. to amuse; to tease
  2. funny; ridiculous; amusing
  3. to tempt; to allure
  4. (chiefly in the negative) to play around
  5. to stay; to remain; to stop
  6. Alternative form of 讀 / 读 (dòu, “short pause in reading; part of a sentence; clause”)

Synonyms

  • (to amuse):
  • (funny):
  • (to tempt):
  • (to stay):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

逗

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ず (zu)
  • Kan-on: とう (tō)
  • Kun: とどまる (todomaru)

Korean

Hanja

逗 • (du) (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune–Reischauer tu, Yale twu)

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