埵

Translingual

Han character

埵 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土竹十一 (GHJM), four-corner 4211₄, composition ⿰土垂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 231, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5190
• Dae Jaweon: page 467, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 454, character 2
• Unihan data for U+57F5

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Chinese

trad.		埵
simp. #		埵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 埵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
埵	*toːlʔ
綞	*toːlʔ
涶	*tʰoːl, *tʰoːls
唾	*tʰoːls
厜	*stol
腄	*tol, *dols, *ɢʷɯ
箠	*tol, *tjolʔ
娷	*tols
諈	*tols
錘	*dol, *dols, *du
甀	*dol, *dols
硾	*dols
捶	*tjolʔ
垂	*djol
陲	*djol
倕	*djol
菙	*djolʔ
睡	*djols

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǒ (duo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǒ
    • Wade–Giles: to³
    • Yale: dwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoo
    • Palladius: до (do)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: do²
    • Yale: dó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do²
    • Guangdong Romanization: do²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: twaX

Rime
Character	埵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	丁果切
Baxter	twaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/tuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twaX/
Li Rong	/tuɑX/
Wang Li	/tuɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埵
Reading #	1/1
No.	1658
Phonetic component	垂
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	埵
Old Chinese	/*toːlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 埵

1. hardened earth
2. embankment
3. a tool used in smelting
4. the appearance of hanging down

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00558

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Japanese

Kanji

埵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hardened dirt or clay
2. cluster

Readings

• Go-on: た (ta)
• Kan-on: た (ta)

Compounds

Compounds

• 薩埵(さった) (satta, “sattva, being”)
• 耳埵(みみたぶ) (mimitabu, “earlobe”)