逗

逗 U+9017, 逗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9017 ← 逖 [U+9016] CJK Unified Ideographs 逘 → [U+9018]

Translingual

Han character

逗 (radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜一口廿 (YMRT), four-corner 3130₁, composition ⿺辶豆)

References

• KangXi: page 1257, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38887
• Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3838, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9017

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		逗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侸	*toː
剅	*toː, *roː
郖	*toː, *doːs
鬪	*toːs
鋀	*tʰoː
頭	*doː
豆	*doːs
逗	*doːs, *dos
痘	*doːs
梪	*doːs
脰	*doːs
荳	*doːs
浢	*doːs
餖	*doːs
毭	*doːs
豎	*djoʔ
裋	*djoʔ
短	*toːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *doːs, *dos): semantic 辶 + phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): dou⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāu / tiō / tō͘ / tùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dou³ / dao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tou4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dou⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /təu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶
    • Yale: dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu
    • Tâi-lô: tāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taʊ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /taʊ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō
    • Tâi-lô: tiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: do
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi
    • Tâi-lô: tuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹/

Note:

• tāu - vernacular;
• tiō/tō͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dou³ / dao¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tòu / tau
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou²¹³/, /tau³³/

Note: dao1 - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨo^H/, /dəu^H/

Rime
Character	逗	逗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	持遇切	田候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨoH/	/dəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖioH/	/dəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡioH/	/dəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuə̆H/	/dəwH/
Li Rong	/ȡioH/	/duH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuH/	/dəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uH/	/dʱə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù	dòu

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːs/, /*dos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	逗	逗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2467	2477
Phonetic component	豆	豆
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		住
Old Chinese	/*doːs/	/*dos/

Definitions

逗

1. to amuse; to tease
2. funny; ridiculous; amusing
3. to tempt; to allure
4. (chiefly in the negative) to play around

Compounds

• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu)
• 挑逗 (tiǎodòu)
• 搬逗
• 撩逗
• 漏逗
• 秀逗 (xiùdòu)
• 說學逗唱／说学逗唱 (shuōxuédòuchàng)
• 調逗／调逗
• 迆逗

• 逗人
• 逗哏
• 逗嘴皮子
• 逗弄 (dòunong)
• 逗引 (dòuyǐn)
• 逗悶子／逗闷子
• 逗攏／逗拢
• 逗樂／逗乐 (dòulè)
• 逗橈／逗桡

• 逗氣／逗气
• 逗留 (dòuliú)
• 逗笑 (dòuxiào)
• 逗號／逗号 (dòuhào)
• 逗趣 (dòuqù)
• 逗遛
• 逗陣／逗阵
• 逗音
• 逗點／逗点 (dòudiǎn)

References

• “逗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

逗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ず (zu)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: とどまる (todomaru)

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Korean

Hanja

逗 • (du) (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune–Reischauer tu, Yale twu)

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