堵

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 土 + phonetic 者

Han character

堵 (radical 32 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土十大日 (GJKA), four-corner 4416₀, composition ⿰土者)

1. wall
2. stop, prevent
3. stop up

References

• KangXi: page 234, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5279
• Dae Jaweon: page 472, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 448, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5835

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Cantonese

Hanzi

堵 (Yale dou2)

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Japanese

Kanji

堵

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: と (to)
• Kun: かき (kaki)

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Korean

Hanja

堵 (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune-Reischauer to)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

堵 (Pinyin dǔ (du3), pǒu (pou3), Wade-Giles tu³, p'ou³)

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Verb

堵 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dǔ)

1. to block up, to stop up

Adjective

堵 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dǔ)

1. stifled, suffocated

Noun

堵 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dǔ)

1. (metaphoric) wall

   观者如堵 a wall of spectator

Measure word

堵 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dǔ)

1. measure word for walls

References

• "堵" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-14.

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Vietnamese

Han character

堵 (đổ)

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References

• Nom Foundation