妬

See also: 妒

妬 U+59AC, 妬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59AC ← 妫 [U+59AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 妭 → [U+59AD]

Translingual

Japanese	妬
Simplified	妒
Traditional	妒

Han character

妬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女一口 (VMR), four-corner 4146₂, composition ⿰女石)

Derived characters

• 𠊜, 𣔧, 𪥾, 𦲼, 𥯉, 𪦆

Related characters

• 妒 (Orthodox form of 妬)

References

• KangXi: page 257, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6121
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1035, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59AC

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
柘	*tjaɡs
妬	*taːɡs
蠹	*taːɡs
沰	*taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ
拓	*tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ
橐	*tʰaːɡ
袥	*tʰaːɡ
驝	*tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ
斫	*tjaɡ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
磔	*rtaːɡ
跖	*tjaɡ
石	*djaɡ
碩	*djaɡ
祏	*djaɡ
鉐	*djaɡ
鼫	*djaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taːɡs): semantic 女 + phonetic 石 (OC *djaɡ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 妬 – see 妒 (“to be jealous of her husband or another woman; etc.”). (This character, 妬, is a variant form of 妒.)

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Japanese

Kanji

妬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. jealousy; envy

Readings

• On (unclassified): と (to, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねたむ (netamu, 妬む, Jōyō); そねむ (sonemu, 妬む); つもる (tsumoru, 妬る); ふさぐ (fusagu, 妬ぐ)

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Korean

Alternative forms

• 妒

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 妒 (MC tuo^H).

Hanja

Wikisource

妬 (eumhun 샘낼 투 (saemnael tu))

1. Hanja form^? of 투 (“to envy”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 질투 (嫉妬, jiltu)
• 투기 (妬忌, tugi)
• 투심 (妬心, tusim)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

妬: Hán Nôm readings: đó, đố, đủ, đo, đú

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation