竇

See also: 窦

竇 U+7AC7, 竇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AC7 ← 竆 [U+7AC6] CJK Unified Ideographs 竈 → [U+7AC8]

Translingual

Han character

竇 (radical 116, 穴+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十金土田金 (JCGWC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱穴賣(GTK) or ⿱穴𧶠(HJ))

References

• KangXi: page 869, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25695
• Dae Jaweon: page 1298, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2745, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7AC7

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Chinese

trad.		竇
simp.		窦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 竇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
竇	*l'oːɡs
續	*ljoɡs, *ljoɡ
覿	*l'juːɡ
黷	*l'oːɡ
讟	*l'oːɡ
殰	*l'oːɡ
讀	*l'oːɡ
櫝	*l'oːɡ
牘	*l'oːɡ
儥	*l'oːɡ
贕	*l'oːɡ
皾	*l'oːɡ
瓄	*l'oːɡ
瀆	*l'oːɡ
豄	*l'oːɡ
韇	*l'oːɡ
嬻	*l'oːɡ
犢	*l'oːɡ
匵	*l'oːɡ
藚	*ljoɡ
襩	*ɦljoɡ
贖	*ɦljoɡ
𧶠	*luɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tou4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶
    • Yale: dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /dəu^H/

Rime
Character	竇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	田候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/dəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/dəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwH/
Li Rong	/duH/
Wang Li	/dəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dòu

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤok-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'oːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	竇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dòu
Middle Chinese	‹ duwH ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁok-s/
English	hole; drain
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	竇
Reading #	1/1
No.	16033
Phonetic component	𧶠
Rime group	竇
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*l'oːɡs/

Definitions

竇

1. hole; burrow
2. (anatomy) cavity; sinus
3. A surname​.

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau³
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): dao³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau³
    • Yale: dau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau²¹³/

Definitions

竇

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) nest; den

   老鼠竇 / 老鼠窦 [Cantonese]  ―  lou⁵ syu² dau³ [Jyutping]  ―  rat's nest

   雀竇 / 雀窦 [Cantonese]  ―  zoek³ dau³ [Jyutping]  ―  bird's nest

   • 1883, Fielde, Adele Marion, “巢 (tàu)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 527:

     客鳥竇 / 客鸟窦  ―  kêh4 ziou2 dao3  ―  a magpie's nest

2. (Cantonese, colloquial) home
3. (Cantonese, Teochew, colloquial) hideout
   • 1883, Fielde, Adele Marion, “巢 (tàu)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 527:

     打破伊的賊竇 [MSC, trad.]
     打破伊的贼窦 [MSC, simp.]

     pah4 pua3 i1 gai5 cag8 dao3 [Pinyin]

     destroy a retreat of robbers

See also

• 巢 (cháo)

Compounds

• 上頜竇／上颌窦 (shànghédòu)
• 圭竇／圭窦
• 弊竇／弊窦
• 情竇／情窦
• 情竇初開／情窦初开
• 狗竇／狗窦 (gǒudòu)
• 狗竇大開／狗窦大开
• 由竇尚書／由窦尚书

• 疑竇／疑窦 (yídòu)
• 竇太后／窦太后
• 竇娥冤／窦娥冤
• 竇房結／窦房结 (dòufángjié)
• 篩竇／筛窦 (shāidòu)
• 篳門圭竇／筚门圭窦
• 篳門閨竇／筚门闺窦 (bìménguīdòu)

• 蓽門圭竇／荜门圭窦
• 蝶竇／蝶窦 (diédòu)
• 閉門塞竇／闭门塞窦
• 頸動脈竇／颈动脉窦 (jǐngdòngmàidòu)
• 額竇／额窦 (édòu)
• 鼻竇／鼻窦 (bídòu)
• 鼻竇炎／鼻窦炎 (bídòuyán)

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Japanese

Kanji

竇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō); とく (toku)
• Kun: あな (ana)

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Korean

Hanja

竇 (eum 두 (du))

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Vietnamese

Han character

竇: Hán Nôm readings: đậu

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References

• Nom Foundation