朵

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

朵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓木 (HND), four-corner 1790₄, composition ⿱𠘧木(G) or ⿱𠘧𣎳(HT) or ⿱几木(KV))

Derived characters

哚, 垛, 㛊, 𡯦, 𡷔, 挆, 𣳼, 𦚩, 𣑫, 𣧷, 𤤸, 𤱧, 𬒋, 䑮, 𧊶, 𬡖, 𧧨, 趓, 跺, 躲, 䤪(𬭆), 𪘉, 剁, 𭪋, 䒳, 𥬲, 𩬻, 𡇙

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 510, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14429
Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1155, character 5
Unihan data for U+6735

Chinese

trad.		朵
simp. ^#		朵
alternative forms		朶𣎾𣎿𣏻䒳朶𣎾𣎿𣏻䒳杂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 朵
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
桗	toːl, toːls
挆	toːlʔ, toːls
朵	*toːlʔ
朶	*toːlʔ
躲	*toːlʔ
剁	*toːls
垛	*doːlʔ

Originally a Ideogram (指事) depicting a stalk of a plant 禾 with something drooping. The bottom part of 禾 corrupted into 木, while the extra stroke corrupted into 乃, later simplified into 几.

Etymology 1

“Hanging from a tree” > “flower” > classifier for flowers.

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from; to cling to; creeper”), whence Burmese တွယ် (twai, “to cling”). May be related to 垂 (OC *djol, “to hang down”), 橢 (OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, “oblong; oval”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₂uur (“ear”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): duǒ, tuǒ (duo³, tuo³)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˇ, ㄊㄨㄛˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): do³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): do² / doe²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): o² / u²
Gan (Wiktionary): do³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tó

(Meixian, Guangdong): do³
Jin (Wiktionary): due²
Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤
Eastern Min (BUC): diō
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tó / tó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): do² / do⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): do³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duǒ
  - Wade–Giles: to³
  - Yale: dwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoo
  - Palladius: до (do)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duǒr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duǒr
  - Wade–Giles: to³-ʼrh
  - Yale: dwǒr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duool
  - Palladius: дор (dor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴/
- (Beijing dialect, colloquial)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo³
  - Yale: twǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoo
  - Palladius: то (to)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: do³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: do
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: do² / doe²
  - Yale: dó / déu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do² / doe²
  - Guangdong Romanization: do² / dê²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː³⁵/, /tœː³⁵/

Note: doe2 - colloquial.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: o² / u²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵘɔ⁵⁵/, /u⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: do³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tó
  - Hakka Romanization System: do^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: do³
  - Sinological IPA: /to³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: do³
  - Sinological IPA: /to³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: due²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuɤ⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuo³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó
  - Tâi-lô: tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doir
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: do² / do⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tó / tô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵²/, /to⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tu
  - MiniDict: tu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tu³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: do³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: twaX

Rime
Character	朵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	丁果切
Baxter	twaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/tuɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twa^X/
Li Rong	/tuɑ^X/
Wang Li	/tuɑ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*toːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朵
Reading #	1/1
No.	2697
Phonetic component	朵
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	埵
Old Chinese	/*toːlʔ/

Definitions

朵

^† (of branches, leaves, flowers, fruits) hanging from a tree
flower or calyx of a plant
Classifier for flowers, clouds, etc.
一百朵玫瑰 ― yībǎi duǒ méigui ― a hundred roses
^† ear
^† to move
a surname: Duo

Synonyms

(classifier for flowers):

Dialectal synonyms of 朵 (“(classifier for flowers)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		朵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	朵, 朵兒
	Taiwan	朵
	Ulanhot	朵
	Tongliao	朵
	Chifeng	朵
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	朵
	Singapore	朵
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	朵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	朵兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	朵兒
	Wanrong	朵
	Xi'an	朵
	Xining	朵
	Xuzhou	朵, 朵子, 朵兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	朵
	Bayanhot	朵
	Lanzhou	朵
	Ürümqi	朵
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	朵
	Wuhan	朵
	Guiyang	朵
	Guilin	朵
	Liuzhou	朵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	朵
	Yangzhou	朵
	Hefei	朵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朵
	Hong Kong	朵
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	朵
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	朵
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	朵
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	朵
	Macau	朵
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	朵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	朵
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	朵
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頂
	Foshan	朵
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	朵
	Foshan (Shunde)	朵
	Foshan (Sanshui)	朵
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	朵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	朵
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	朵
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	朵
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	朵
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	朵
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	朵
	Taishan	朵
	Kaiping (Chikan)	督
	Enping (Niujiang)	朵
	Heshan (Yayao)	朵
	Dongguan	頂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頂
	Yangjiang	朵
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	朵
Gan	Nanchang	朵
	Lichuan	雕
	Pingxiang	朵
Hakka	Meixian	朵
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	朵
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朵
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	朵
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	朵
	Liannan	朵
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	朵
	Jiexi	枝
	Changting	朵
	Ninghua	朵
	Yudu	朵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蕊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蕊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蕊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蕊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蕊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蕊
	Hong Kong	朵
	Luchuan	朵
	Senai (Huiyang)	朵
Huizhou	Jixi	朵
Jin	Taiyuan	朵
	Xinzhou	朵
	Taibus (Baochang)	朵
	Linhe	朵
	Jining	朵
	Hohhot	朵
	Baotou	朵
	Dongsheng	朵
	Haibowan	朵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭
	Songxi	頭
	Zhenghe	頭
	Jianyang	頭
	Wuyishan	朵
	Pucheng (Shibei)	頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菩
	Fuzhou (Changle)	菩
	Fuqing	菩
	Yongtai	菩
	Gutian	菩, 朵
	Fu'an	菩
	Ningde	菩
	Shouning	菩
	Zhouning	菩, 蓬
	Fuding	菩
	Matsu	菩
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕊, 葩
	Quanzhou	蕊, 葩
	Yongchun	蕊
	Zhangzhou	蕊
	Taipei	蕊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蕊
	Kaohsiung	蕊
	Yilan	蕊
	Changhua (Lukang)	蕊
	Taichung	蕊
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蕊
	Tainan	蕊
	Taitung	蕊
	Hsinchu	蕊
	Kinmen	蕊
	Penghu (Magong)	蕊
	Manila (Hokkien)	蕊
	Longyan	葩
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	葩
	Datian	菩
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蕊
	Chaozhou	蕊
	Jieyang	葩
	Haifeng	葩
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蕊
	Wenchang	葩
Puxian Min	Putian	菩
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	朵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	朵
Wu	Shanghai	朵
	Shanghai (Chongming)	朵
	Suzhou	朵
	Danyang	朵
	Hangzhou	朵
	Ningbo	朵
	Wenzhou	朵
	Jinhua	朵
Xiang	Changsha	朵
	Loudi	爪
	Shuangfeng	爪

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (朵):

→ Vietnamese: đoá (朵)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tô

(Teochew, Peng'im): to⁵

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
  - Tâi-lô: tô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /to²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: to⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵⁵/

Definitions

朵

(Southern Min) Classifier for clusters of fruits.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “花名->朵?”)

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): do²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: do²
  - Yale: dó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do²
  - Guangdong Romanization: do²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː³⁵/

Definitions

朵

(Cantonese) name; nickname; title (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Derived terms

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01862

Japanese

Kanji

朵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: た (ta)
Kan-on: た (ta)
Kan’yō-on: だ (da)
Kun: えだ (eda, 朵)

Korean

Hanja

朵 • (ta) (hangeul 타, revised ta, McCune–Reischauer t'a, Yale tha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

朵: Hán Nôm readings: đóa/đoá, tạp, đỏa/đoả

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