拖

See also: 拕

拖 U+62D6, 拖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D6 ← 拕 [U+62D5] CJK Unified Ideographs 拗 → [U+62D7]

Translingual

Han character

拖 (radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手人心木 (QOPD), four-corner 5801₂, composition ⿰扌㐌)

References

• KangXi: page 426, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11961
• Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1853, character 8
• Unihan data for U+62D6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		拖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (也) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
他	*l̥ʰaːl
拖	*l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls
駞	*l'aːl
池	*l'aːl, *l'al
灺	*ljalʔ
鍦	*ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals
虵	*ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal
也	*laːlʔ
忚	*hleːl
髢	*l'eːls
杝	*l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal
肔	*l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ
馳	*l'al
阤	*l'alʔ, *hljalʔ
施	*hljal, *hljals
絁	*hljal
葹	*hljal
弛	*hljalʔ
箷	*lal
衪	*lel, *lalʔ
暆	*lel
迆	*lal, *lalʔ
酏	*lal, *lalʔ
匜	*lal, *lalʔ
迤	*lalʔ
扡	*lalʔ
崺	*lalʔ
貤	*lals, *ɦljels, *lels
地	*l'els

Variant form of 拕, phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls): semantic 手 + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuō (tuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thô
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tho / tho͘ / thoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Wade–Giles: t'uo¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰwɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹
    • Yale: tō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô
    • Hakka Romanization System: to´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho
    • Tâi-lô: tho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho͘
    • Tâi-lô: thoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa
    • Tâi-lô: thua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴/

Note:

• tho/tho͘ - literary;
• thoa - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tua¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thua
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰua³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰɑ^H/▼

Rime
Character	拖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	吐邏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaH/
Li Rong	/tʰɑH/
Wang Li	/tʰɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuò

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤaj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːl/, /*l̥ʰaːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	拖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tuō
Middle Chinese	‹ tha ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁaj/
English	draw, pull
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拖	拖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14766	14767
Phonetic component	也	也
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	佗	拖
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːl/	/*l̥ʰaːls/
Notes		俗拕字

Definitions

拖

1. to drag; to tow; to haul

   拖車 / 拖车  ―  tuōchē  ―  tow truck

   強拖 / 强拖  ―  qiáng tuō  ―  to forcefully drag

2. to droop; to dangle; to hang down; to sag
3. to hold hands

   手拖手  ―  shǒu tuō shǒu  ―  hand holding hand

4. to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong
5. to sustain (a sound)
6. to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
7. A surname​: Tuo

Synonyms

• (to drag): 牽引／牵引 (qiānyǐn), 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• (to droop): (colloquial) 耷拉 (dāla), 下垂 (xiàchuí)
• (to delay):

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Synonyms of 拖

• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)

• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 挨延 (Min Nan)
• 挨稽 (Min Nan)
• 捱延 (Min Nan)
• 捱稽 (Min Nan)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)

• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁 (dānge)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)

• (to pin down): 牽制／牵制 (qiānzhì)

Compounds

Derived terms from 拖

• 一窩一拖／一窝一拖
• 七拖八欠
• 兜拖
• 帶水拖泥／带水拖泥
• 懷金拖紫／怀金拖紫
• 手拖
• 拍拖 (pāituō)
• 拖下水
• 拖人落水
• 拖兒帶女／拖儿带女
• 拖刀計／拖刀计
• 拖吊
• 拖吊車／拖吊车 (tuōdiàochē)
• 拖地 (tuōdì)
• 拖地膽／拖地胆
• 拖地錦／拖地锦
• 拖垮
• 拖天掃地／拖天扫地
• 拖尾巴
• 拖帶／拖带
• 拖床
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖後腿／拖后腿
• 拖扯
• 拖把 (tuōbǎ)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)

• 拖拉機／拖拉机 (tuōlājī)
• 拖拖拉拉
• 拖拖棲棲／拖拖栖栖
• 拖拽
• 拖掛／拖挂
• 拖曳
• 拖曳傘／拖曳伞
• 拖曳機／拖曳机
• 拖枝馬遠／拖枝马远
• 拖欠 (tuōqiàn)
• 拖步
• 拖沓 (tuōtà)
• 拖油瓶 (tuōyóupíng)
• 拖泥帶水／拖泥带水 (tuōnídàishuǐ)
• 拖漢精／拖汉精
• 拖牢洞
• 拖狗皮
• 拖班
• 拖男帶女／拖男带女
• 拖男挈女
• 拖男挾女／拖男挟女
• 拖磨
• 拖空子
• 拖紫垂青
• 拖累 (tuōlěi)
• 拖網／拖网 (tuōwǎng)

• 拖翻
• 拖腔
• 拖船 (tuōchuán)
• 拖車／拖车 (tuōchē)
• 拖輪／拖轮
• 拖逗
• 拖鉤／拖钩
• 拖鎗拽棒／拖𬬰拽棒
• 拖鞋 (tuōxié)
• 拖駁／拖驳
• 拖麻拽布
• 拽布拖麻
• 拽象拖犀
• 推拖
• 橫拖倒拽／横拖倒拽
• 歹戲拖棚／歹戏拖棚
• 毛裡拖氈／毛里拖毡
• 氈上拖毛／毡上拖毛
• 沓拖
• 珥金拖紫
• 生拖死拽
• 磨拖
• 紆青拖紫／纡青拖紫
• 腰金拖紫
• 連拖帶拉／连拖带拉
• 連拖帶拽／连拖带拽

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Japanese

Kanji

拖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): た (ta); だ (da); い (i)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 拖く)

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Korean

Hanja

拖 • (ta) (hangeul 타, revised ta, McCune–Reischauer t'a, Yale tha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

拖 (đà, đớ, đợ, đỡ, tha)

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