洮

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

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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

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Japanese

Kanji

洮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cleanse
2. river in Gansu province

Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)、よう (yō)、どう (dō)
• Kun: あらう (arau)

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Korean

Hanja

洮 (eum 도 (do))

1. cleanse
2. river in Gansu province

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Vietnamese

Han character

洮: Hán Nôm readings: rệu

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