套

See also: 室

套 U+5957, 套 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5957 ← 奖 [U+5956] CJK Unified Ideographs 奘 → [U+5958]

Translingual

Han character

套 (radical 37 大+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大尸一戈 (KSMI), four-corner 4073₁, composition ⿱大镸)

References

• KangXi: page 252, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5926
• Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 540, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5957

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		套
alt. forms		㚐 𡘷

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 (“large”) + 長 (“long”) – long. It is later borrowed for the “cover” sense and has now lost its original meaning.

Etymology 1

Cognate with 韜 (OC *l̥ʰuː); probably cognate with 㧺 and 錔 (OC *tʰuːb).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tào (tao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho
• Min Nan (POJ): thò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taw
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (套兒／套儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: tàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋㄦ
    • Wade-Giles: t'aorh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taull
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³
    • Yale: tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴
    • IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò
    • Tâi-lô: thò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	套
Reading #	2/2
No.	12376
Phonetic component	套
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːws/

Definitions

套

1. to cover with
2. case; cover; wrapper; envelope
3. to overlap
4. set; suit
5. knot
6. to harness
7. harness
8. trick; trap
9. Classifier for a set of objects (books, furniture, rooms, etc). ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
10. (colloquial) condom

Compounds

Derived terms from 套

• 一套
• 三角套匯／三角套汇
• 上圈套 (shàngquāntào)
• 上套 (shàngtào)
• 不落俗套 (bùluòsútào)
• 俗套 (sútào)
• 保險套／保险套 (bǎoxiǎntào)
• 全套 (quántào)
• 圈圈套套
• 圈套 (quāntào)
• 外套 (wàitào)
• 大通套
• 套交情
• 套兒／套儿 (tàor)
• 套利 (tàolì)
• 套包
• 套匯／套汇
• 套半車／套半车
• 套印
• 套印版畫／套印版画
• 套問／套问
• 套套 (tàotao)
• 套子
• 套式
• 套房
• 套拉攏／套拉拢
• 套招
• 套敘／套叙
• 套數／套数 (tàoshù)
• 套文
• 套曲
• 套杯
• 套炕子
• 套版
• 套牢 (tàoláo)
• 套犁
• 套環兒／套环儿
• 套用 (tàoyòng)
• 套畫押字／套画押字
• 套白狼
• 套票
• 套種／套种
• 套筒槍／套筒枪

• 套索
• 套耕
• 套色 (tàoshǎi)
• 套色版畫／套色版画
• 套衫 (tàoshān)
• 套袋
• 套袖
• 套裝／套装 (tàozhuāng)
• 套裝旅遊／套装旅游 (tàozhuāng lǚyóu)
• 套裝軟體／套装软体 (tàozhuāng ruǎntǐ)
• 套褲／套裤
• 套話／套话 (tàohuà)
• 套語／套语 (tàoyǔ)
• 套調／套调
• 套購／套购 (tàogòu)
• 套路 (tàolù)
• 套車／套车
• 套近乎 (tàojìnhū)
• 套間／套间 (tàojiān)
• 套鞋 (tàoxié)
• 套項／套项
• 套頭／套头
• 套頭裹腦／套头裹脑
• 套頭話／套头话
• 套餐 (tàocān)
• 套鼓
• 客套 (kètào)
• 客套話／客套话 (kètàohuà)
• 封套 (fēngtào)
• 幫套／帮套 (bāngtào)
• 弓套
• 成套 (chéngtào)
• 成龍配套／成龙配套
• 手套 (shǒutào, “glove”)
• 打套
• 拉套
• 指甲套兒／指甲套儿
• 插圈弄套
• 故套
• 散套
• 整套 (zhěngtào)
• 書套／书套 (shūtào)
• 有一套 (yǒuyītào)

• 枕套 (zhěntào)
• 死套子
• 河套 (hétào)
• 河套平原
• 河套文化
• 活套
• 活套頭／活套头
• 濫套／滥套
• 熟套
• 熟套子
• 狗套頭／狗套头
• 生搬硬套
• 白手套
• 相思套
• 筆套／笔套
• 網路套件／网路套件
• 老套 (lǎotào)
• 腸套疊／肠套叠
• 腿套
• 落套
• 虛套子／虚套子
• 袖套 (xiùtào)
• 被套 (bèitào)
• 褥套
• 褪套兒／褪套儿
• 襪套／袜套
• 西套
• 解套
• 話裡套話／话里套话
• 護套／护套
• 跑龍套／跑龙套
• 通套
• 連環套／连环套
• 避孕套 (bìyùntào)
• 配套 (pèitào)
• 金手套獎／金手套奖
• 錦套頭／锦套头
• 陳套／陈套
• 雙套車／双套车
• 雙套飛車／双套飞车
• 頭套／头套 (tóutào)
• 龍套／龙套 (lóngtào)
• 龍套衣／龙套衣

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎo (tao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tao
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰɑu^X/▼

Rime
Character	套
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他浩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰawX/
Li Rong	/tʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/tʰɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǎo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	套
Reading #	1/2
No.	12375
Phonetic component	套
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	討
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːw/

Definitions

套

1. ^† long

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Japanese

Kanji

套

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan’on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: かさねる (kasaneru, 套ねる); おおい (ōi, 套い)

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Korean

Hanja

套 • (tu, to) (hangeul 투, 토, revised tu, to, McCune-Reischauer t'u, t'o, Yale thwu, tho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

套 (sáo, thạo)

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