匋

匋 U+530B, 匋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-530B ← 匊 [U+530A] CJK Unified Ideographs 匌 → [U+530C]

Translingual

Han character

匋 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心人十山 (POJU), four-corner 2772₀, composition ⿹勹缶)

Derived characters

• 𠊐, 啕, 𡍒, 掏, 淘, 𥓮, 祹, 𥮽, 綯(绹)
• 萄, 裪, 䛬(𬤁), 𨂆, 醄, 鋾(𰾏), 𩋃, 𩛽
• 騊(𫘦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2524
• Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 258, character 13
• Unihan data for U+530B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匋
Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
掏	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
蜪	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
陶	*bl'uː, *luː
萄	*l'uː
啕	*l'uː
淘	*l'uː
騊	*l'uː
匋	*bl'uː
祹	*l'uː
綯	*l'uː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bl'uː) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 勹 (OC *pruː, “person bending over”) + 缶 (“clay pot”) – "to make pottery; pottery". Original character of 陶.

Pronunciation 1

• 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: daw

Rime
Character	匋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒刀切
Baxter	daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/
Li Rong	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/dɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bl'uː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	táo
Middle Chinese	‹ daw ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˁu/
English	kiln; pottery
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	匋
Reading #	1/1
No.	12369
Phonetic component	匋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	陶
Old Chinese	/*bl'uː/

Definitions

匋

1. ^† Original form of 陶 (táo, “pottery”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

匋

1. ^† Alternative form of 窯／窑 (yáo)

Japanese

Kanji

匋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. pottery

Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō); よう (yō)
• Kun: やきもの (yakimono)

Korean

Hanja

匋 • (do, yo) (hangeul 도, 요, revised do, yo, McCune–Reischauer to, yo)

1. earthenware