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)

Derived characters

• 𠺆, 𣺮, 𨻝, 𫯾, 𪄤, 𥱫

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
variant forms		㚐 𡘷 ⿱大长 second round simplified

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 避孕套 (“condom”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避孕套、安全套、保險套
Mandarin	Beijing	避孕套兒、套兒、套套
	Taiwan	保險套、衛生套、套、套套
	Xi'an	避孕套
	Chengdu	避孕套
	Kunming	避孕套
	Malaysia	如意套
	Singapore	如意套
Cantonese	Guangzhou	避孕套
	Hong Kong	避孕套、安全套、套
Hakka	Meixian	避孕套
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保險套、保險落
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	保險落
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	保險套
Min Nan	Taipei	sak-khuh、保險套
	Chaozhou	避孕套
Wu	Shanghai	避孕套、套子
Xiang	Changsha	避孕套

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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