突

Translingual

Han character

突 (radical 116 穴+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十金戈大 (JCIK), four-corner 3043₀, composition ⿱穴犬)

1. suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly

References

• KangXi: page 863, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25424
• Dae Jaweon: page 1291, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2722, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7A81

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tū (tu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dat⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): thu̍t/tut
• Min Nan (POJ): tu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ
    • Wade-Giles: t'u¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tu
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dat⁶
    • Yale: daht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dat⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍t/tut
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /tʰut̚⁵/, /tut̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tu̍t
    • IPA (Taipei): /tut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tut̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (突, reconstructed)
Character (突), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 沒 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 陀骨切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/duət̚/	/dʱuət̚/	/duət̚/	/duot̚/	/dwət̚/	/duət̚/	/duət̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (突, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
突								tū								‹ dwot ›								/*m-tʰˤut/								burst through
突								tū								‹ thwot ›								/*tʰˤut/								break through; suddenly
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
突					12486					突					物					2					宊					/*tʰuːd/
突					12488					突					物					2					突					/*duːd/

Compounds

• 突然 (tūrán)
• 突擊

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Japanese

Kanji

突

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: どち (dochi)
• Kan’on: とつ (totsu)
• Kun: つく (tsuku)

Compounds

• 突然 (とつぜん, totsuzen)
• 煙突 (えんとつ, entotsu)
• 衝突 (しょうとつ, shoutotsu)
• 突端 (とったん, tottan)
• 突破 (とっぱ, toppa)

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Korean

Hanja

突 (dol) (hangeul 돌, revised dol, McCune-Reischauer tol, Yale tol)

1. dash, clash, eg., 돌격, 돌진, 충돌
2. protrusion, eg., 돌기, 돌출
3. flue, chimney, eg., 온돌, 연돌
4. penetration, piercing, eg., 돌파, 연돌
5. fierce horse, eg., perhaps 돌궐
6. sudden, eg., 돌발, 돌변, 돌연, 돌풍

Derived terms

• 돌격 (突擊, dolgyeog, -k) dash, assault
• 돌궐 (突厥, dolgwol) Turk
• 돌기 (突起, dolgi) protrusion, projection
• 돌발 (突發, dolbal) outbreak, outburst
• 돌변 (突變, dolbyeon) sudden change
• 돌연 (突然, dolYeon) suddenly
• 돌진 (突進, doljin) dash, rush
• 돌출 (突出, dolchul) protrusion
• 돌파 (突破, dolpa) breakthrough
• 돌풍 (突風, dolpung) gust
• 연돌 (煙突, yeondol) flue, chimney
• 온돌 (溫突, ondol) underfloor heating
• 충돌 (衝突, chungdol) clash, collision

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Vietnamese

Han character

突 (đột, đuột, sột, tọt, chặt, chợt, dột, đợt, đụt, lọt, mất)

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