挑

Translingual

Han character

挑 (radical 64 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手中一人 (QLMO), four-corner 5201₃, composition ⿰扌兆)

1. a load carried on the shoulders
2. to carry

References

• KangXi: page 430, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12055
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1872, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6311

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Cantonese

Hanzi

挑 (Jyutping tiu1, tiu5, tou1, Yale tiu1, tiu5, tou1)

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Japanese

Kanji

挑

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. challenge
2. contend for
3. make love to

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō), とう (tō)
• Kun: かかげる (kakageru), いどむ (idomu)

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Korean

Hanja

挑 (do, jo) (hangeul 도, 조, revised do, jo, McCune-Reischauer to, cho, Yale to, co)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

挑 (Pinyin tiāo (tiao1), tāo (tao1), tiǎo (tiao3), Wade-Giles t'iao¹, t'ao¹, t'iao³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

挑 (vẹo, khêu, khều, khiêu, khểu, treo, trẹo)

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