濤

See also: 涛

濤 U+6FE4, 濤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE4 ← 濣 [U+6FE3] CJK Unified Ideographs 濥 → [U+6FE5]

Translingual

Han character

濤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水土弓戈 (EGNI), four-corner 3414₁, composition ⿰氵壽)

Derived characters

• 𤒵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 656, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18508
• Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1765, character 16
• Unihan data for U+6FE4

Chinese

trad.		濤
simp.		涛
alternative forms		𨞪／𫜷 𣾭 𣵬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 濤
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

	Old Chinese
禱	*tuːʔ, *tuːs
擣	*tuːʔ
檮	*tuːʔ, *duː, *du
壔	*tuːʔ
懤	*tuːʔ, *du, *dus
濤	*duː, *duː
燾	*duː, *duːs
翿	*duː, *duːs
幬	*duːs, *du
儔	*duːs, *du
譸	*tu
籌	*du
疇	*du
躊	*du
燽	*du
薵	*du
魗	*tʰjuʔ, *dju
醻	*dju
壽	*djuʔ, *djus
璹	*djuʔ, *djuɡ
鑄	*tjos

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duː, *duː) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 壽 (OC *djuʔ, *djus).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	濤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒刀切
Baxter	daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/
Li Rong	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/dɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濤	濤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11684	11686
Phonetic component	壽	壽
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	陶	陶
Old Chinese	/*duː/	/*duː/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāo, táo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ, ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thò
• Eastern Min (BUC): dò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tô / tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu⁵ / tao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao¹
    • Yale: tāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²
    • Yale: táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
    • Tâi-lô: tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiu⁵ / tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiû / thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu⁵⁵/, /tʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶dau
    • MiniDict: dau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: daw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duː/

Definitions

濤

1. billows; large waves
2. sound of the sea

Compounds

• 弄濤／弄涛
• 怒濤／怒涛 (nùtāo)
• 怒濤排壑／怒涛排壑
• 推濤作浪／推涛作浪
• 林濤／林涛
• 松濤／松涛 (sōngtāo)
• 波濤／波涛 (bōtāo)
• 波濤洶湧／波涛汹涌 (bōtāoxiōngyǒng)
• 洪濤／洪涛 (hóngtāo)
• 浪濤／浪涛 (làngtāo)
• 海濤／海涛
• 浪濤澎湃／浪涛澎湃
• 濤生雲滅／涛生云灭
• 狂濤／狂涛
• 狂濤巨浪／狂涛巨浪
• 狂濤駭浪／狂涛骇浪
• 胥濤／胥涛
• 薛濤箋／薛涛笺
• 雲濤／云涛
• 駭浪驚濤／骇浪惊涛
• 驚濤拍岸／惊涛拍岸
• 驚濤駭浪／惊涛骇浪 (jīngtāohàilàng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 濤

濤

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 涛)

1. waves, billows

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: なみ (nami, 濤)
• Nanori: なみ (nami)

Compounds

Compounds

• 濤声(とうせい) (tōsei)
• 濤々(とうとう) (tōtō)
• 濤波(とうは) (tōha)
• 煙濤(えんとう) (entō)
• 海濤(かいとう) (kaitō)
• 巨濤(きょとう) (kyotō)
• 狂濤(きょうとう) (kyōtō)
• 驚濤(きょうとう) (kyōtō)
• 銀濤(ぎんとう) (gintō)
• 洪濤(こうとう) (kōtō)
• 松濤(しょうとう) (shōtō)
• 怒濤(どとう) (dotō)
  • 狂瀾(きょうらん)怒濤(どとう) (kyōran dotō)
  • 疾風(しっぷう)怒濤(どとう) (shippū dotō)
• 波濤(はとう) (hatō)
  • 遠国(おんごく)波濤(どとう) (ongoku dotō)
• 風濤(ふうとう) (fūtō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
濤
なみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 濤 – see the following entry.

【波】3 [kanji] third grade kanji Kanji reading: は, なみ, ぽ

(This term, 濤, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 濤 (MC daw). Recorded as Middle Korean 도 (two) (Yale: two) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

濤

Wikisource 濤 (eumhun 물결 도 (mulgyeol do))

1. hanja form^? of 도 (“waves”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 파도 (波濤, pado)
• 질풍노도 (疾風怒濤, jilpungnodo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

濤: Hán Nôm readings: đào

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