倒

Translingual

Han character

倒 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一土弓 (OMGN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰亻到)

Derived characters

• 𨃫, 𪝻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 767
• Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 174, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5012

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		倒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05917
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːwʔ, *taːws) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 到 (OC *taːws).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 倒

1. to fall; to fall over; to fall down
2. to collapse; to fall in
3. to lie down; to recline
4. to fail; to be on the decline
5. to be damaged; to malfunction
6. to go bankrupt; to close down
7. to sell out; to sell up; to give up for money
8. to buy and resell for a profit
9. to stop; to discontinue
10. to move; to move around
11. to change; to switch over
12. (Cantonese) to pour out; to tip; to dump

    倒垃圾 [Cantonese]  ―  dou² laap⁶ saap³ [Jyutping]  ―  to take out the trash

13. (neologism, slang) to be astonished (to the extent that one feels dizzy and falls); to be left speechless

    • 我倒，還有這樣的。 [MSC, trad.]
      我倒，还有这样的。 [MSC, simp.]

      Wǒ dǎo, hái yǒu zhèyàng de. [Pinyin]

      What? I can't believe this.

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 倒

1. to put upside down; to invert; to be inverted
2. to reverse; to move backwards; to turn back
3. upside down; inverted; flipped; reversed
4. to pour out; to dump; to empty

   倒垃圾  ―  dào lājī  ―  to take out the trash

5. to cast; to mould
6. contrary to expectation; conversely; on the contrary; instead

   • 他到自己的地方來，自己的人倒不接待他。 [MSC, trad.]
     他到自己的地方来，自己的人倒不接待他。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: John 1.11

     Tā dào zìjǐ de dìfāng lái, zìjǐ de rén dào bù jiēdài tā. [Pinyin]

     He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

7. particle indicating contrast; but; however
8. particle used after a ‹verb + 得› structure to indicate it is contrary to the actual situation, implying blame; then
9. particle used in a subordinate clause at the beginning of a sentence to indicate concession; quite
10. particle used in an imperative sentence to indicate impatience
11. particle used to soften the tone

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

倒

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. overthrow

Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō, Jōyō); たう (tau)
• Kun: たおれる (taoreru, 倒れる, Jōyō); たおす (taosu, 倒す, Jōyō); さかさま (sakasama, 倒)

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Korean

Hanja

倒 (eum 도 (do))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倒: Hán Nôm readings: đảo

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