See also:
U+5957, 套
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5957

[U+5956]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5958]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 37, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大尸一戈 (KSMI), four-corner 40731, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 252, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5926
  • Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 540, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5957

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (large) + (long) – long. It is later borrowed for the “cover” sense and has now lost its original meaning.

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. 𰋛
alternative forms
𡘷

Cognate with (OC *l̥ʰuː); probably cognate with and (OC *tʰuːb).

Pronunciation edit



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 12376
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːws/

Definitions edit

  1. to cover with; to encase; to put on (a sweater, etc.)
  2. case; cover; sheath; wrapper; envelope (Classifier: m c)
  3. (colloquial) condom (Classifier: m c)
  4. to overlap; to interconnect
  5. set; suit
  6. knot
  7. to harness
  8. harness
  9. trick; trap
  10. (Hong Kong) Short for 套房 (“en suite bedroom”).
    [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  saam1 fong4-2 jat1 tou3 [Jyutping]  ―  Three rooms, one of which is an en suite
  11. Classifier for a set of objects (books, furniture, rooms, etc).all nouns using this classifier
    拼音方案拼音方案  ―  zhè tào pīnyīn fāng'àn  ―  this romanization scheme
Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter thawX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 12375
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːw/

Definitions edit

  1. long

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of (su, Classifier for sets of clothing)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese .

Hanja edit

(eumhun 씌울 (ssuiul tu))

  1. Hanja form? of (cover).

Compounds edit

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: sáo, thạo

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