豆

See also: 荳

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

豆 (radical 151 豆+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿 (MRT), four-corner 1010₈, composition ⿳一口䒑)

1. bean, beans, pea, peas
2. bean-shaped
3. (obsolete) a kind of food container

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/豆
• 頭

References

• KangXi: page 1191, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36245
• Dae Jaweon: page 1654, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3565, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8C46

---

Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		豆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau², dau⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): thèu
• Min Nan (POJ): tāu

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tou⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
    • IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau², dau⁶
    • Yale: dáu, dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau², dau⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵/, /tɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /tʰe̯u¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu
    • Tâi-lô: tāu
    • IPA (Taipei): /taʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (豆, reconstructed)
Character (豆), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 侯 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 田候切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/dəuH/	/dʱə̯uH/	/duH/	/dəuH/	/dəwH/	/dəuH/	/dəuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (豆, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
豆					2466					豆					侯					0										/*doːs/

Compounds

• 豆腐 (dòufu)
• 豆干 (dòugān)

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

---

Japanese

Kanji

豆

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Readings

• Goon: ず (zu)
• Kan’on: とう (tō)
• Kun: まめ (mame), たかつき (takatsuki)

Noun

豆 (hiragana まめ, romaji mame)

1. the pulses
2. a bean
3. a pea
4. a soybean

---

Korean

Hanja

豆 (du) (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune-Reischauer tu, Yale twu)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

豆 (đậu, dấu)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.