陀

陀 U+9640, 陀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9640 ← 阿 [U+963F] CJK Unified Ideographs 陁 → [U+9641]

Translingual

Han character

陀 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中十心 (NLJP), four-corner 7321₁, composition ⿰阝它)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1348, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41600
• Dae Jaweon: page 1850, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4123, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9640

Chinese

simp. and trad.		陀
alternative forms		陁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佗	*l̥ʰaːl, *l'aːl
拕	*l̥ʰaːl, *l'aːlʔ
它	*l̥ʰaːl
蛇	*l̥ʰaːl, *ɦljaːl, *lal
袉	*l̥ʰaːlʔ, *l'aːl, *l'aːlʔ
鴕	*l'aːl
駝	*l'aːl
紽	*l'aːl
鮀	*l'aːl
陀	*l'aːl
沱	*l'aːl, *l'aːlʔ
跎	*l'aːl
詑	*l'aːl, *l'aːlʔ, *hlel, *lal, *l̥ʰoːl
酡	*l'aːl
迱	*l'aːl
舵	*l'aːlʔ
柁	*l'aːlʔ
鉈	*ɦljaːl, *hljal

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuó (tuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶du

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo²
    • Yale: twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: two
    • Palladius: то (to)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to⁴
    • Yale: tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶du
    • MiniDict: du^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²³/

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• Middle Chinese: da

Rime
Character	陀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒河切
Baxter	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/da/
Li Rong	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	to4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陀
Reading #	1/1
No.	12217
Phonetic component	它
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	駝
Old Chinese	/*l'aːl/

Definitions

陀

1. steep bank; rough terrain

Usage notes

In transcriptions of Buddhist terms, 陀 (MC da) is often used to transcribe Sanskrit ध (dha) or Sanskrit त (ta).

Compounds

• 佛陀 (Fótuó)
• 八指頭陀／八指头陀
• 吠陀 (fèituó)
• 因陀羅／因陀罗 (Yīntuóluó)
• 夜珠吠陀
• 尸陀林 (shītuólín)
• 彌陀／弥陀 (Mítuó)
• 摩陀
• 斯陀含
• 普陀 (Pǔtuó)
• 普陀山 (Pǔtuó Shān)
• 曼陀林 (màntuólín)
• 曼陀羅／曼陀罗 (màntuóluó)
• 沙陀 (Shātuó)
• 犍陀羅／犍陀罗 (Jiāntuóluó)
• 盤陀／盘陀 (pántuó)
• 盤陀石／盘陀石
• 盤陀路／盘陀路
• 直布羅陀／直布罗陀 (Zhíbùluótuó)
• 磨陀
• 竹陀螺
• 薛延陀 (Xuēyántuó)
• 迦蘭陀／迦兰陀
• 那爛陀／那烂陀
• 金陀萃編／金陀萃编
• 阿伽陀 (āqiétuó)
• 阿吠斯陀
• 阿彌陀佛／阿弥陀佛
• 阿彌陀經／阿弥陀经
• 陀羅尼／陀罗尼 (tuóluóní)
• 陀羅尼被／陀罗尼被
• 陀螺 (tuóluó)
• 陂陀
• 須陀洹／须陀洹
• 頭陀／头陀 (tóutuó)
• 首陀羅／首陀罗 (shǒutuóluó)
• 黎俱吠陀

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duò (duo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duò
    • Wade–Giles: to⁴
    • Yale: dwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoh
    • Palladius: до (do)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Definitions

陀

1. (literary) to collapse

Japanese

Kanji

陀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: だ (da)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 陀しい)

Korean

Hanja

陀 (eum 타 (ta))

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Vietnamese

Han character

陀: Hán Việt readings: đà
陀: Nôm readings: đà, đã, đờ

1. Nôm form of đã (“to finish, conclude”).
2. Nôm form of đờ (“sluggish”).