掉

掉 U+6389, 掉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6389 ← 授 [U+6388] CJK Unified Ideographs 掊 → [U+638A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

掉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜日十 (QYAJ), four-corner 5104₆, composition ⿰扌卓)

Derived characters

• 𦄹, 𧐼, 𬕩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12243
• Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1896, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6389

Chinese

simp. and trad.		掉
alternative forms		𢴿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
悼	*deːwɢs
淖	*rneːwɢs
罩	*rteːwɢs
鵫	*rteːwɢs, *rdeːwɢ
趠	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
踔	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
棹	*rdeːwɢs
鋽	*tʰeːwɢs
掉	*deːwʔ, *deːwɢs, *rneːwɢ
逴	*tʰewɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ
焯	*tjewɢ
綽	*tʰjewɢ
婥	*tʰjewɢ
繛	*tʰjewɢ
卓	*rteːwɢ
桌	*rteːwɢ
倬	*rteːwɢ
啅	*rteːwɢ
晫	*rteːwɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *deːwʔ, *deːwɢs, *rneːwɢ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 卓 (OC *rteːwɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ / deu⁶ / zaau⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thet
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diao⁷ / diou⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶diau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴
    • Yale: dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
    • Palladius: дяо (djao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: diao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: diao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ / deu⁶ / zaau⁶
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ / deu⁶ / dzaau⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²²/, /tɛːu̯²²/, /t͡saːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thet
    • Hakka Romanization System: ted^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ted⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰet̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu / tiō
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu / tiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau, dioi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²/, /tio²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹/, /tio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/, /tio²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau³³/, /tio³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/, /tiɤ³³/

Note:

• tiāu - literary;
• tiō - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: diao⁷ / diou⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiāu / tiōu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau¹¹/, /tiou¹¹/

Note:

• diao7 - Shantou;
• diou7 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶diau
    • MiniDict: diau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³diau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /diɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dewX, dewH, nraewk

Rime
Character	掉	掉	掉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	II
Fanqie	徒了切	徒弔切	女角切
Baxter	dewX	dewH	nraewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ɳˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ɳᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/deuX/	/deuH/	/nɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛwX/	/dɛwH/	/ɳaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/deuX/	/deuH/	/nɔk̚/
Wang Li	/dieuX/	/dieuH/	/nɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieuX/	/dʱieuH/	/nɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diào	diào	nuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu6	diu6	nok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːwʔ/, /*deːwɢs/, /*rneːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掉	掉	掉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17758	17759	17765
Phonetic component	卓	卓	卓
Rime group	宵	豹	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	窕	藋	搦
Old Chinese	/*deːwʔ/	/*deːwɢs/	/*rneːwɢ/
Notes		見左傳

Definitions

掉

1. to drop; to fall

   硬幣掉在了地上。 [MSC, trad.]
   硬币掉在了地上。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yìngbì diàozàile dìshàng. [Pinyin]

   The coin dropped on the ground.

2. to lose; to part

   掉色  ―  diàosè  ―  to lose color

   掉髮／掉发  ―  diàofà  ―  to lose hair

3. to shake; to wag; to swing

   尾大不掉  ―  wěidàbùdiào  ―  "too fat a tail to wag"; to be hampered by one's own powerful subordinates

4. to turn; to move

   掉轉／掉转  ―  diàozhuǎn  ―  to turn around

   掉頭／掉头  ―  diàotóu  ―  to make a U-turn

5. (dialectal, intransitive) to be missing; to be lost

   我錢包掉了。／我钱包掉了。  ―  Wǒ qiánbāo diào le.  ―  I lost my wallet.

6. (Cantonese, Teochew) to throw; to toss

   掉西瓜落海 [Cantonese]  ―  deu⁶ sai¹ gwaa¹ lok⁶ hoi² [Jyutping]  ―  to throw a watermelon into the ocean (superstition in Hong Kong that it will aid in the recovery of people lost at sea)

7. (Cantonese, Teochew) to toss out; to dispose of; to discard

   掉咗好多唔應該掉嘅嘢 [Cantonese, trad.]
   掉咗好多唔应该掉嘅嘢 [Cantonese, simp.]

   deu⁶ zo² hou² do¹ m⁴ jing¹ goi¹ deu⁶ ge³ je⁵ [Jyutping]

   threw away a lot of things that one shouldn't have

8. Used along with a verb to indicate completion, usually together with 了 (le); or to indicate imperative mood.

   他戒掉了煙。／他戒掉了烟。  ―  Tā jièdiàole yān.  ―  He quit smoking.

   把燈關掉。／把灯关掉。  ―  Bǎ dēng guāndiào.  ―  Turn off the lights.

   家裡的電飯鍋壞掉了。 [MSC, trad.]
   家里的电饭锅坏掉了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiālǐ de diànfànguō huàidiàole. [Pinyin]

   Our rice cooker has broken.

9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to shake; to shiver

Synonyms

• (to lose): 甩 (shuǎi)
• (to throw):

Dialectal synonyms of 扔 (“to throw”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		投
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扔, 丟, 拋, 擲1, 摔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	扔, 溜, 拽, 砍
	Taiwan	扔, 丟
	Malaysia	丟
	Singapore	丟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	扔, 拽
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	撂, 丟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	甩, 丟, 掟
	Wuhan	丟, 掟
	Guilin	丟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	摔
	Hefei	甩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掟, 抌, 掉
	Hong Kong	掟, 抌, 掉
	Taishan	掟
	Dongguan	掟, 飛
Gan	Nanchang	拋, 釘
Hakka	Meixian	㧒, 撜, 擲4
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	擲4
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	擳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	擲4
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	擲4
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	擲4
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擊
	Singapore (Meixian)	丟
	Singapore (Dabu)	丟
Jin	Taiyuan	砍, 給, 蠻
Northern Min	Jian'ou	射
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	挌, 抾, 轆, 獻
Southern Min	Xiamen	挕, 揕, 擲2, 練, 捔, 㧒
	Quanzhou	挕, 揕, 擲2, 㧒
	Jinjiang	挕, 揕, 擲2
	Zhangzhou	挕, 揕, 捔, 㧒
	Tainan	挕, 揕, 掔
	Penang (Hokkien)	揕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	挕, 揕, 擲2, 捔
	Manila (Hokkien)	挕, 揕, 擲2
	Chaozhou	捔, 撾, 挒, 標
	Jieyang	捔, 撾, 挒, 標, 打, 擲3
Wu	Shanghai	摜, 厾
	Suzhou	厾, 真
	Wenzhou	𪜃, 甩, 拌
Xiang	Changsha	射, 釘
	Shuangfeng	亞, 打

• (to discard):

Dialectal synonyms of 扔 (“to discard; to throw away”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扔, 丟棄
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	扔, 撇
	Taiwan	扔, 丟
	Singapore	丟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拽, 扔
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	撇
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	甩, 丟
	Wuhan	丟, 甩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	撂
	Hefei	撂, 甩, 板
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擗, 掉, 扔, 抌
	Hong Kong	擗, 掉, 抌
	Taishan	掉, 扔
	Dongguan	掉, 扔, 啟, 擘
	Yangjiang	擗
Gan	Nanchang	丟, 釘
Hakka	Meixian	丟, 㧒
	Singapore (Meixian)	㧒
	Singapore (Dabu)	掉
Jin	Taiyuan	砍, 撂, 蠻
Northern Min	Jian'ou	丟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	溜, 轆, 獻, 抾, 挌
Southern Min	Xiamen	挕, 摑, 㧒
	Quanzhou	挕, 摑, 㧒
	Zhangzhou	挕, 㧒
	Chaozhou	捔, 撼, 擿
	Shantou	捔, 擿
	Jieyang	捔, 撼, 擿
Wu	Shanghai	摜, 厾
	Suzhou	厾, 摜, 甩
	Wenzhou	𪜃, 甩, 拌
Xiang	Changsha	撂, 丟
	Shuangfeng	亞

• (to shake):

edit

• 交懍恂 / 交懔恂 (Hokkien)
• 呞呞顫 / 呞呞颤 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 哆嗦 (duōsuo)
• 圪觫 (geh⁵ sueh⁴) (Jin)
• 慄慄掣 / 栗栗掣 (Hokkien)
• 戰 / 战 (zhàn)
• 戰慄 / 战栗 (zhànlì) (literary)
• 戰抖 / 战抖 (zhàndǒu)
• 打抖 (da³ deu³) (Gan)
• 抖 (dǒu)
• 抖動 / 抖动 (dǒudòng)
• 抖抖絲 / 抖抖丝 (Longyan Min)
• 掣 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 搦搦掣 (Hokkien)
• 發抖 / 发抖 (fādǒu)
• 蟯蟯掣 / 蛲蛲掣 (Hokkien)
• 起掉 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 顫 / 颤
• 顫動 / 颤动 (chàndòng)
• 顫抖 / 颤抖 (chàndǒu)

See also

• 落 (luò)
• (Wu) 脫 / 脱

Compounds

• 丟不掉 / 丢不掉
• 丟掉 / 丢掉 (diūdiào)
• 做掉 (zuòdiào)
• 劃掉 / 划掉
• 單掉兒 / 单掉儿
• 失掉 (shīdiào)
• 尾大不掉 (wěidàbùdiào)
• 尾大難掉 / 尾大难掉
• 幹掉 / 干掉 (gàndiào)
• 廢掉 / 废掉
• 忘掉 (wàngdiào)
• 戒掉
• 扔掉 (rēngdiào)
• 扣掉
• 拋掉 / 抛掉
• 拔掉
• 拆掉
• 掉下 (diàoxià)
• 掉三寸舌
• 掉以輕心 / 掉以轻心 (diàoyǐqīngxīn)
• 掉價兒 / 掉价儿
• 掉刀
• 掉包 (diàobāo)
• 掉嘴口
• 掉嘴弄舌
• 掉回頭 / 掉回头
• 掉弄
• 掉換 / 掉换 (diàohuàn)
• 掉文
• 掉書袋 / 掉书袋 (diàoshūdài)
• 掉皮
• 掉眼
• 掉胎
• 掉背臉 / 掉背脸
• 掉膘
• 掉臂
• 掉臂不顧 / 掉臂不顾
• 掉舌
• 掉舌鼓脣 / 掉舌鼓唇
• 掉色
• 掉落 (diàoluò)
• 掉貨 / 掉货
• 掉轉 / 掉转 (diàozhuǎn)
• 掉轉頭 / 掉转头
• 掉過來 / 掉过来
• 掉過兒 / 掉过儿
• 掉過頭 / 掉过头
• 掉鎗花 / 掉枪花
• 掉開 / 掉开
• 掉隊 / 掉队 (diàoduì)
• 掉鞅
• 掉頭 / 掉头 (diàotóu)
• 掉頭不顧 / 掉头不顾
• 掉頭而去 / 掉头而去
• 掉頭鼠竄 / 掉头鼠窜
• 掉魂
• 改掉 (gǎidiào)
• 末大不掉
• 死掉 (sǐdiào)
• 毀掉 / 毁掉 (huǐdiào)
• 溜掉
• 漏掉 (lòudiào)
• 甩掉 (shuǎidiào)
• 當掉 / 当掉
• 破掉
• 笑掉大牙 (xiàodiàodàyá)
• 老掉牙 (lǎodiàoyá)
• 脫掉 / 脱掉 (tuōdiào)
• 花掉
• 跑不掉
• 蹦掉
• 躲不掉
• 連根拔掉 / 连根拔掉
• 關掉 / 关掉 (guāndiào)
• 除掉 (chúdiào)

References

• “掉”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

掉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: ふるう (furuu, 掉う)^{←ふるふ (furufu, 掉ふ, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

掉 (eum 도 (do))

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Vietnamese

Han character

掉: Hán Nôm readings: trao, chèo, điệu, sạo, trạo, tráo

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