Chinese

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bean; sacrificial vessel decay; rotten
simp. and trad.
(豆腐)
alternative forms 豆付 obsolete
anagram 腐豆
 
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (3)
Final () (137) (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter duwH bjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dəuH/ /bɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/dəuH/ /bioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/dəuH/ /bioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwH/ /buə̆X/
Li
Rong
/duH/ /bioX/
Wang
Li
/dəuH/ /bĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱə̯uH/ /bʱi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dau6 fu6

Noun

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豆腐

  1. tofu; bean curd (Classifier: m c;  c;  c)
  2. any food with tofu-like physical quality
    豆腐豆腐  ―  dòufǔ  ―  fish tofu
    豆腐  ―  xuèdòufǔ  ―  blood tofu
    杏仁豆腐  ―  xìngréndòufǔ  ―  anin tofu

Synonyms

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Adjective

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豆腐

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) weak, crumbling, easy to fall

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (豆腐):

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Further reading

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Japanese

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豆腐 (tōfu): seasoned cubes of tofu.
Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3

Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 豆腐 (MC duwH bjuX, literally “bean + curdled”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dòufu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(とう)() (tōfu (counter )

  1. tofu, bean curd
    Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) おかべ
  2. (computing) tofu, an empty rectangle displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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豆腐 (dubu) (hangeul 두부)

  1. hanja form? of 두부 (tofu)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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豆腐

  1. chữ Hán form of đậu hủ (tofu).
  2. chữ Hán form of đậu phụ (tofu).