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Translingual

Han character

(radical 162 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜土廿手 (YGTQ), four-corner 34304, composition𦍒)

References

  • KangXi: page 1262, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39011
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1755, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3855, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9054

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tʰaːd
*tʰaːd, *daːd
*tʰaːd
*tʰaːd, *tʰaːd
*tʰaːd
*tʰaːd
*daːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰaːd, *daːd) :  + .

Note that inner component is not – these are not cognate, and there is an extra stroke in 達 (two horizontal strokes at the bottom, not one).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ta³⁵/
Harbin /ta²⁴/
Tianjin /tɑ⁴⁵/
Jinan /ta⁴²/
Qingdao /ta⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ta⁴²/
Xi'an /ta²⁴/
Xining /ta²⁴/
Yinchuan /ta¹³/
Lanzhou /ta⁵³/
/tʰa⁵³/
Ürümqi /ta⁵¹/
Wuhan /ta²¹³/
Chengdu /ta³¹/
Guiyang /ta²¹/
Kunming /ta̠³¹/
Nanjing /tɑʔ⁵/
Hefei /tɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /taʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao /tʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /taʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /daʔ¹/
Suzhou /daʔ³/
Hangzhou /dɑʔ²/
Wenzhou /da²¹³/
Hui Shexian /tʰa²²/
Tunxi /tɔ⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ta²⁴/
Xiangtan /tɒ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /tʰaʔ²/
Hakka Meixian /tʰat̚⁵/
Taoyuan /tʰɑt̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tat̚²/
Nanning /tat̚²²/
Hong Kong /tat̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tat̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /taʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tuɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tak̚⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔdak̚³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (6) (7)
Final () (63) (63)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑt̚/ /dɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑt̚/ /dɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑt̚/ /dɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰat̚/ /dat̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑt̚/ /dɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑt̚/ /dɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑt̚/ /dʱɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ta
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ dat ›
Old
Chinese
/*[l]ˤat/
English arrive at

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1923 1929
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːd/ /*daːd/

Verb

  1. to arrive at; to reach; to achieve

Adjective

  1. intelligent
  2. smooth, slippery

Compounds

  • 達官达官
  • 達意达意
  • 達成达成 (dáchéng)
  • 達斡爾族达斡尔族
  • 達旦达旦
  • 達標达标 (dábiāo)
  • 達爾文主義ì达尔文主义ì
  • 達觀达观 (dáguān)
  • 達達主義达达主义

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Suffix

(hiragana たち, romaji -tachi)

  1. Plural marker
    子供達 (こどもたち)
    kodomo-tachi
    children

Synonyms

  • (, ra)
  • (ども, domo)

Usage notes

Note that 達 only clarifies that the number of people in question is more than one. It could be omitted when the plurality is already clear by context or not cared. The plurality marked with 達 is not syntactic one. 達 is normally used only for people.

References


Korean

Hanja

(dal) (hangeul , revised dal, McCune-Reischauer tal, Yale tal)

  1. (통할 달, tonghal-) to reach, pass through

Vietnamese

Han character

(đạt, đác, đặt, đật, đợt, thớt)

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