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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心月竹X (PBHX), four-corner 92077, composition)

  1. excessive, dissolute
  2. delighted

References

  • KangXi: page 397, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11044
  • Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2338, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6146

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l̥ʰuː
*l̥ʰuː
*l̥ʰuː
*l̥ʰuː
*l̥ʰuː
*l̥ʰuː
*l̥ʰuː, *l̥ʰuːʔ
*l̥ʰuː
*l̥ʰuː
*l'uːʔ
*l'uːs
*lowʔ, *lu, *lo

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰaw/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑu/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14735
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰuː/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 慆慆
  • 慆慢
  • 慆淫

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. excessive
  2. dissolute
  3. delighted

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(do) (hangeul , revised do, McCune-Reischauer to, Yale to)

  1. delight