洮

洮 U+6D2E, 洮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D2E ← 洭 [U+6D2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 洯 → [U+6D2F]

Translingual

Han character

洮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水中一人 (ELMO), four-corner 3211₃, composition ⿰氵兆)

1. cleanse
2. name of a river in Gansu province (Tao River)
3. Tao town

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17408
• Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1613, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D2E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táo (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²
    • Yale: táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yew, thaw

Rime
Character	洮	洮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	餘昭切	土刀切
Baxter	yew	thaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/tʰɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/tʰɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/tʰaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	tāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	tou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːw/, /*l'aːw/, /*lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洮	洮	洮
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	16843	16846	16866
Phonetic component	兆	兆	兆
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	饕	陶	遙
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːw/	/*l'aːw/	/*lew/
Notes		淅

Definitions

洮

1. (Classical) to wash one’s hands and face
2. Taohe River

Compounds

• 洮頮／洮颒 (táohuì)

 

Japanese

Kanji

洮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cleanse
2. a river in Gansu province, a tributary of the Yellow River

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}、どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese. Not listed in most Japanese references.

The character is listed in the Kanwa Dai Jisho of 1914, only giving on'yomi pronunciations, and the given citations are all from Chinese texts interpreted into Japanese using the 漢文訓読 (kanbun kundoku) method.

Compounds

• 洮(とう)汰(た) (tōta) (淘(とう)汰(た))
• 洮(とう)米(まい) (tōmai)

 

Korean

Hanja

洮 (eum 도 (do))

1. cleanse
2. river in Gansu province

Vietnamese

Han character

洮: Hán Nôm readings: rệu

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