貂

See also: 㹦 and 鼦

貂 U+8C82, 貂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C82 ← 貁 [U+8C81] CJK Unified Ideographs 貃 → [U+8C83]

Translingual

Han character

貂 (radical 153, 豸+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹尸竹口 (BHSHR), four-corner 2726₂, composition ⿰豸召)

References

• KangXi: page 1200, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36528
• Dae Jaweon: page 1662, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3910, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8C82

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		貂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
鱽
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāo (diao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: tiao1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹
    • Yale: dīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau
    • Tâi-lô: tiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /teu/

Rime
Character	貂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都聊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teu/
Pan Wuyun	/teu/
Shao Rongfen	/teu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛw/
Li Rong	/teu/
Wang Li	/tieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diāo

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貂
Reading #	1/1
No.	2155
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	貂
Old Chinese	/*teːw/

Definitions

貂

1. marten

Compounds

• 帶膆貂掛／带膆貂挂
• 狗尾續貂／狗尾续貂
• 狗續貂尾／狗续貂尾
• 珥貂
• 紫貂 (zǐdiāo)
• 續貂／续貂
• 貂寺

• 貂珥
• 貂璫／貂珰
• 貂皮大衣
• 貂羽
• 貂蟬／貂蝉 (Diāochán)
• 貂蟬冠／貂蝉冠
• 貂裘

• 貂裘換酒／貂裘换酒
• 貂覆額／貂覆额
• 貂錦／貂锦
• 金貂
• 金貂換酒／金貂换酒
• 黃喉貂／黄喉貂 (huánghóudiāo)
• 黑貂 (hēidiāo)

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Japanese

Wikispecies

Kanji

貂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: てん (ten, 貂); いたち (itachi, 貂)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
貂
てん Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) テ​ン [téꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

貂(てん) • (ten) 

1. Japanese marten, Martes melampus

Alternative forms

• 黄鼬

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Korean

Hanja

貂 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

1. (담비 초, dambi-): marten, sable

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Vietnamese

Han character

貂 (điêu)

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