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透
透
Translingual
Han character
透 (radical 162 辵+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹木尸 (YHDS), four-corner 32302, composition ⿺辶秀)
- penetrate, pass through
References
- KangXi: page 1257, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38876
- Dae Jaweon: page 1742, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3842, character 1
- Unihan data for U+900F
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
透 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 透
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (秀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 透 | *l̥ʰoːs, *hljuɡ |
| 莠 | *luʔ |
| 誘 | *luʔ |
| 蜏 | *luʔ, *slus, *lus |
| 琇 | *luʔ, *slus |
| 秀 | *slus |
| 銹 | *slus |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: t'ou4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tow
- IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: tau3
- Yale: tau
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau3
- IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: theu / théu
- Hakka Romanization System: teu / teu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: teu4 / teu3
- IPA: /tʰe̯u⁵⁵/, /tʰe̯u³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàu / tò͘
- Tâi-lô: thàu / tòo
- Phofsit Daibuun: taux, dox
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaʊ²¹/, /tɔ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaʊ⁴¹/, /tɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaʊ²¹/, /tɔ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰaʊ¹¹/, /tɔ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaʊ²¹/, /tɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 透 | 透 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 他候切 | 式竹切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tʰəuH/ | /ɕɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tʰəuH/ | /ɕiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tʰəuH/ | /ɕiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/tʰəwH/ | /ɕuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/tʰuH/ | /ɕiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/tʰəuH/ | /ɕĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tʰə̯uH/ | /ɕi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
tòu | shu |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 透 | 透 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13929 | 13939 |
| Phonetic component |
秀 | 秀 |
| Rime group |
侯 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
透 | 叔 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l̥ʰoːs/ | /*hljuɡ/ |
| Notes | 見方言 | |
Definitions
透
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Compounds
- 透明 (tòumíng)
Japanese
Kanji
透
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Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
透 (hiragana とおる, romaji Tōru)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
透 • (tu) (hangeul 투, revised tu, McCune-Reischauer t'u, Yale thwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
透 (thấu)
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