掉

Translingual

Han character

掉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜日十 (QYAJ), four-corner 5104₆, composition ⿰扌卓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12243
• Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1896, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6389

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掉
alternative forms		𢴿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
悼	*deːwɢs
淖	*rneːwɢs
罩	*rteːwɢs
鵫	*rteːwɢs, *rdeːwɢ
趠	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
踔	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
棹	*rdeːwɢs
鋽	*tʰeːwɢs
掉	*deːwʔ, *deːwɢs, *rneːwɢ
逴	*tʰewɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ
焯	*tjewɢ
綽	*tʰjewɢ
婥	*tʰjewɢ
繛	*tʰjewɢ
卓	*rteːwɢ
桌	*rteːwɢ
倬	*rteːwɢ
啅	*rteːwɢ
晫	*rteːwɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ / deu⁶ / zaau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thet
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diao⁷ / diou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴
    • Yale: dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
    • Palladius: дяо (djao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ / deu⁶ / zaau⁶
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ / deu⁶ / dzaau⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²²/, /tɛːu̯²²/, /t͡saːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thet
    • Hakka Romanization System: ted^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ted⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰet̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu / tiō
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu / tiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau, dioi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²/, /tio²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹/, /tio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/, /tio²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau³³/, /tio³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/, /tiɤ³³/

Note:

• tiāu - literary;
• tiō - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: diao⁷ / diou⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiāu / tiōu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau¹¹/, /tiou¹¹/

Note:

• diao7 - Shantou;
• diou7 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: dewX, dewH, nraewk

Rime
Character	掉	掉	掉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	II
Fanqie	徒了切	徒弔切	女角切
Baxter	dewX	dewH	nraewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ɳˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ɳᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/deuX/	/deuH/	/nɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛwX/	/dɛwH/	/ɳaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/deuX/	/deuH/	/nɔk̚/
Wang Li	/dieuX/	/dieuH/	/nɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieuX/	/dʱieuH/	/nɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diào	diào	nuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu6	diu6	nok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːwʔ/, /*deːwɢs/, /*rneːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掉	掉	掉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17758	17759	17765
Phonetic component	卓	卓	卓
Rime group	宵	豹	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	窕	藋	搦
Old Chinese	/*deːwʔ/	/*deːwɢs/	/*rneːwɢ/
Notes		見左傳

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 掉

1. to drop; to fall

   • 硬币掉在了地上。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Yìngbì diào zài le dìshàng. [Pinyin]

     The coin dropped on the ground.

2. to lose; to part
   • 掉色  ―  diàosè  ―  to lose color
   • 掉髮／掉发  ―  diàofà  ―  to lose hair
3. to shake; to wag
4. to turn; to move
5. (dialectal, intransitive) to be missing; to be lost
   • 我錢包掉了／我钱包掉了  ―  wǒ qiánbāo diào le  ―  I lost my wallet.
6. (Cantonese, Teochew) to throw; to toss
   • 掉西瓜落海 [Cantonese]  ―  deu⁶ sai¹ gwaa¹ lok⁶ hoi² [Jyutping]  ―  to throw a watermelon into the ocean (superstition in Hong Kong that it will aid in the recovery of people lost at sea)
7. (Cantonese, Teochew) to toss out; to dispose of; to discard

   • 掉咗好多唔應該掉嘅嘢 [Cantonese, trad.]
     掉咗好多唔应该掉嘅嘢 [Cantonese, simp.]

     deu⁶ zo² hou² do¹ m⁴ jing¹ goi¹ deu⁶ ge³ je⁵ [Jyutping]

     threw away a lot of things that (I/he/she) shouldn't have

8. Used along with a verb to indicate completion, usually together with 了 (le); or to indicate imperative mood.
   • 他戒掉了煙／他戒掉了烟  ―  tā jièdiàole yān  ―  he quit smoking
   • 把燈關掉／把灯关掉  ―  bǎ dēng guāndiào  ―  turn off the lights

   • 家裡的電飯鍋壞掉了。 [MSC, trad.]
     家里的电饭锅坏掉了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Jiālǐ de diànfànguō huàidiàole. [Pinyin]

     Our rice cooker has broken.

See also

• 落 (luò)
• (to throw): 掟 (dìng), 拋／抛 (pāo)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

掉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: ふるう (furuu, 掉う)^{←ふるふ (furufu, 掉ふ, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

掉 (eum 도 (do))

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Vietnamese

Han character

掉: Hán Nôm readings: trao, chèo, điệu, sạo, trạo, tráo

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