陡

陡 U+9661, 陡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9661 ← 陠 [U+9660] CJK Unified Ideographs 院 → [U+9662]

Translingual

Han character

陡 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中土卜人 (NLGYO), four-corner 7428₁, composition ⿰阝走)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1352, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41663
• Dae Jaweon: page 1853, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4129, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9661

Chinese

simp. and trad.		陡
2nd round simp.		斗
alternative forms		阧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dǒu (dou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dou³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): téu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tió / tó͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵teu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tou³
    • Yale: dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doou
    • Palladius: доу (dou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dou³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /təu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau²
    • Yale: dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: téu
    • Hakka Romanization System: deu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: deu³
    • Sinological IPA: /teu̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tió
    • Tâi-lô: tió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵teu
    • MiniDict: teu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²teu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɤ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwX

Rime
Character	陡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	當口切
Baxter	tuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təuX/
Pan Wuyun	/təuX/
Shao Rongfen	/təuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwX/
Li Rong	/tuX/
Wang Li	/təuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陡
Reading #	1/1
No.	2459
Phonetic component	陡
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	斗
Old Chinese	/*toːʔ/
Notes	同阧

Definitions

陡

1. steep; sloping
2. (literary, or in compounds) abruptly; suddenly
3. (literary, or in compounds) deep; extensive

Synonyms

• (steep):

• 壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
• 岢峻 (kějùn) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 岢峨 (kě'é) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 峭 (qiào) (in compounds only)
• 峻峭 (jùnqiào) (of a mountain, high and steep)
• 崒 (zú) (literary)
• 崎 (qí) (literary or Min Nan)
• 嶔崟／嵚崟 (qīnyín) (literary, dangerously steep)
• 嶜崟 (dangerously steep)
• 巀嶭 (of mountains, high, lofty, and steep)
• 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
• 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
• 巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
• 筆陡／笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
• 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
• 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
• 險峻／险峻 (xiǎnjùn) (dangerously steep)
• 高峻 (gāojùn) (of a mountain, high and steep)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 陡 (“steep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陡峭
Mandarin	Beijing	陡
	Taiwan	陡
	Jinan	陡
	Xi'an	陡
	Wuhan	陡
	Chengdu	陡
	Yangzhou	陡
	Hefei	陡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笡, 徛
	Hong Kong	笡
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	笡
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	笡
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	笡
	Yangjiang	笡
Gan	Nanchang	陡
Hakka	Meixian	崎2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	崎2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	崎2, 笡
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	崎2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	崎2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	崎2
	Wengyuan	崎2
	Jiexi	崎2, 竳
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	竳
	Changting	陡, 崎2
	Wuping (Yanqian)	崎2
	Ninghua	崎2
	Tonggu (Sandu)	陡
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	崎2
	Dayu	崎2, 陡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	崎2
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	崎2
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	崎2
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	崎2
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	崎2
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	崎2
	Hong Kong	崎2
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	笡
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	笡
	Xinyi (Sihe)	笡
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	笡
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	笡
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	斜
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	崎2
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	崎2
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	壁
	Mengshan (Xihe)	陡
	Luchuan	斜
Jin	Taiyuan	陡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	崎3, 趖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	崎3
	Changle	崎3
	Fuqing	崎3
	Yongtai	崎3
	Gutian	崎3
	Fu'an	崎3
	Ningde	崎3
	Shouning	崎3
	Zhouning	崎3
	Fuding	崎3
Southern Min	Xiamen	崎3, 趨
	Quanzhou	崎3
	Zhangzhou	崎3, 趨
	Taipei	崎3, 趨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	崎3, 趨
	Kaohsiung	崎3, 趨
	Yilan	崎3, 趨
	Changhua (Lukang)	崎3, 趨
	Taichung	崎3
	Tainan	崎3, 趨
	Hsinchu	崎3
	Kinmen	崎3
	Penghu (Magong)	崎3
	Chaozhou	崎3
	Jieyang	崎3
Wu	Shanghai	企
	Suzhou	棧
	Wenzhou	峻
Xiang	Changsha	陡
	Shuangfeng	陡

• (abruptly):

• 一下 (yīxià)
• 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
• 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
• 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
• 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
• 倏忽 (literary)
• 忽地 (hūdì)
• 忽然 (hūrán)
• 𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 猛 (měng)
• 猛然 (měngrán)
• 猝然 (cùrán)
• 突然 (tūrán)
• 突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
• 豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
• 遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
• 陡然 (dǒurán)
• 霍然 (huòrán)
• 頓／顿 (literary)
• 頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
• 驀地／蓦地
• 驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
• 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)

 

Compounds

• 坡陡水急
• 山高路陡
• 懸崖陡壁／悬崖陡壁
• 陡坡 (dǒupō)
• 陡坡店 (Dǒupōdiàn)
• 陡增 (dǒuzēng)
• 陡壁
• 陡山 (Dǒushān)
• 陡峻
• 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
• 陡崗／陡岗
• 陡搜
• 陡斜
• 陡河 (Dǒuhé)
• 陡然 (dǒurán)
• 陡然間／陡然间
• 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
• 陡立 (dǒulì)
• 陡長／陡长
• 陡頓／陡顿

 

Japanese

Kanji

陡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō); つ (tsu)
• Kun: そばだつ (sobadatsu)

Korean

Hanja

陡 • (du) (hangeul 두)

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Vietnamese

Han character

陡: Hán Nôm readings: đẩu

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