討

See also: 讨

討 U+8A0E, 討 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A0E ← 訍 [U+8A0D] CJK Unified Ideographs 訏 → [U+8A0F]

Translingual

Han character

討 (radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口木戈 (YRDI), four-corner 0460₀, composition ⿰訁寸)

References

• KangXi: page 1147, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35231
• Dae Jaweon: page 1614, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3940, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8A0E

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Chinese

Historical forms of the character 討
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

trad.		討
simp.		讨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎo (tao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó
• Min Dong (BUC): tō̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thó / thó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to²

• Wu (Wiktionary): thau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou²
    • Yale: tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó
    • Hakka Romanization System: to`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó
    • Tâi-lô: thó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: thau (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰɑu^X/

Rime
Character	討
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他浩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰawX/
Li Rong	/tʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/tʰɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǎo

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ʰˤuʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰuːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	討
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ thawX ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]ʰˁuʔ/
English	examine; denounce
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	討
Reading #	1/1
No.	12374
Phonetic component	討
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	討
Old Chinese	/*tʰuːʔ/
Notes	疑肘聲

Definitions

討

1. to discuss
2. to ask for; to beg
3. to demand
4. to dun
5. to marry
6. (Min Dong) to look for

   雞母扒糞掃，無事討事做。 [Min Dong, trad.]
   鸡母扒粪扫，无事讨事做。 [Min Dong, simp.]

   Giĕ-mō̤ bà bŏng-só̤, mò̤ dâi tō̤ dâi có̤. / [kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ mo³³ pa⁵³ pouŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nɔ²¹³ mo⁵³ tɑi²⁴² tʰo³³ tɑi²⁴² t͡sɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Have nothing else to do.

Compounds

Derived terms from 討

• 不討采／不讨采
• 乞討／乞讨 (qǐtǎo)
• 催討／催讨 (cuītǎo)
• 北討／北讨
• 南征北討／南征北讨
• 取討／取讨 (qǔtǎo)
• 商討／商讨 (shāngtǎo)
• 尋討／寻讨
• 尋頭討腦／寻头讨脑
• 征討／征讨 (zhēngtǎo)
• 按討／按讨
• 探討／探讨 (tàntǎo)
• 搜討／搜讨
• 擒姦討暴／擒奸讨暴
• 東征西討／东征西讨
• 東討西伐／东讨西伐
• 東討西征／东讨西征
• 檢討／检讨 (jiǎntǎo)
• 檢討會／检讨会
• 沿波討源／沿波讨源
• 沿流討源／沿流讨源
• 漫天討價／漫天讨价
• 申討／申讨 (shēntǎo)
• 研討／研讨 (yántǎo)
• 索討／索讨
• 聲討／声讨 (shēngtǎo)
• 自討沒趣／自讨没趣
• 自討苦吃／自讨苦吃
• 討乖／讨乖
• 討乞／讨乞
• 討交情／讨交情
• 討人／讨人
• 討人情／讨人情
• 討令／讨令
• 討伐／讨伐 (tǎofá)
• 討休／讨休
• 討便宜／讨便宜

• 討俏／讨俏
• 討保／讨保
• 討信／讨信
• 討個分曉／讨个分晓
• 討債／讨债 (tǎozhài)
• 討債鬼／讨债鬼
• 討價／讨价 (tǎojià)
• 討價還價／讨价还价 (tǎojiàhuánjià)
• 討公道／讨公道
• 討分上／讨分上
• 討分曉／讨分晓
• 討厭／讨厌 (tǎoyàn)
• 討厭鬼／讨厌鬼
• 討取／讨取
• 討口／讨口
• 討口牙／讨口牙
• 討吃／讨吃
• 討命／讨命
• 討喜／讨喜 (tǎoxǐ)
• 討嘴／讨嘴
• 討好／讨好 (tǎohǎo)
• 討好賣乖／讨好卖乖
• 討嫌／讨嫌 (tǎoxián)
• 討安歇／讨安歇
• 討巧／讨巧 (tǎoqiǎo)
• 討帳／讨帐
• 討平／讨平
• 討店／讨店
• 討彩／讨彩
• 討情／讨情
• 討惡剪暴／讨恶剪暴
• 討愧／讨愧
• 討探／讨探
• 討擾／讨扰
• 討收管／讨收管
• 討救／讨救
• 討救兵／讨救兵

• 討教／讨教 (tǎojiào)
• 討死／讨死
• 討氣／讨气
• 討決裂／讨决裂
• 討沒意思／讨没意思
• 討沒臉面／讨没脸面
• 討沒趣／讨没趣
• 討油水／讨油水
• 討海／讨海 (tǎohǎi)
• 討海人／讨海人 (tǎohǎirén)
• 討源／讨源
• 討生活／讨生活
• 討究／讨究
• 討笤／讨笤
• 討老腳／讨老脚
• 討虜／讨虏
• 討親／讨亲
• 討論／讨论 (tǎolùn)
• 討論區／讨论区
• 討賊／讨贼 (tǎozéi)
• 討賞／讨赏
• 討賤／讨贱
• 討逆除暴／讨逆除暴
• 討野火／讨野火
• 討針線／讨针线
• 討錢／讨钱 (thó-chîⁿ) (Min Nan)
• 討面皮／讨面皮
• 討順風／讨顺风
• 討頭／讨头
• 討飯／讨饭 (tǎofàn)
• 討饒／讨饶
• 討饒頭／讨饶头
• 誅凶討逆／诛凶讨逆
• 誅暴討逆／诛暴讨逆
• 誅討／诛讨
• 追討／追讨

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Japanese

Kanji

討

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to chastise

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: うつ (utsu, 討つ, Jōyō); たずねる (tazuneru, 討ねる)

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Korean

Hanja

討 • (to) (hangeul 토)

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Compounds

• 討論 (토론, toron)

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Vietnamese

Han character

討 (thảo)

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