駝

See also: 驼

駝 U+99DD, 駝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99DD ← 駜 [U+99DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 駞 → [U+99DE]

Translingual

Han character

駝 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸火十心 (SFJP), four-corner 7331₁, composition ⿰馬它)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1437, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44681
• Dae Jaweon: page 1961, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4549, character 12
• Unihan data for U+99DD

Chinese

trad.		駝
simp.		驼
alternative forms		駞／𫘞 𩣾

Glyph origin

	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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'aːl): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	駝
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	to4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	駝
Reading #	1/1
No.	12214
Phonetic component	它
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	駝
Old Chinese	/*l'aːl/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tuó (tuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): to²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): туә (tuə, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thò

  (Meixian, Guangdong): to²

• Jin (Wiktionary): tue¹
• Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): dò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tô / tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): toh⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): do²

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: to²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: to
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: туә (tuə, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: to⁴
    • Yale: tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: to²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tue¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuɤ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
    • Tâi-lô: tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: toh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶du
    • MiniDict: du^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: do²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: da

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːl/

Definitions

駝

1. camel
2. to be humpbacked; to be hunchbacked
3. to carry on the back

   alt. forms: 馱 / 驮

Compounds

• 單峰駱駝 / 单峰骆驼 (dānfēng luòtuo)
• 大羊駝 / 大羊驼 (dàyángtuó)
• 彎腰駝背 / 弯腰驼背
• 拉駱駝 / 拉骆驼
• 明駝 / 明驼
• 橐駝 / 橐驼 (tuótuó)
• 無峰駝 / 无峰驼
• 磨駝 / 磨驼
• 紫駝 / 紫驼
• 羊駝 / 羊驼 (yángtuó)
• 美洲駝 / 美洲驼
• 荊棘銅駝 / 荆棘铜驼
• 袱駝 / 袱驼
• 銅駝 / 铜驼
• 銅駝荊棘 / 铜驼荆棘
• 銅駝陌 / 铜驼陌
• 雙峰駝 / 双峰驼 (shuāngfēngtuó)
• 駝員 / 驼员
• 駝垛 / 驼垛
• 駝奶 / 驼奶 (tuónǎi)
• 駝子 / 驼子 (tuózi)
• 駝峰 / 驼峰 (tuófēng)
• 駝絨 / 驼绒
• 駝背 / 驼背 (tuóbèi)
• 駝色 / 驼色
• 駝販 / 驼贩
• 駝鈴 / 驼铃
• 駝鳥 / 驼鸟 (tuóniǎo)
• 駝鳥政策 / 驼鸟政策
• 駝鹿 / 驼鹿 (tuólù)
• 駱駝 / 骆驼 (luòtuo)
• 駱駝絨 / 骆驼绒
• 魔駝 / 魔驼

References

• “駝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 駝

駝

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hump

Readings

• Go-on: だ (da)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: せむし (semushi, 駝)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 駝 (MC da). Recorded as Middle Korean 타 (tha) (Yale: tha) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

駝

Wikisource 駝 (eumhun 낙타 타 (nakta ta))

1. hanja form^? of 타 (“camel”)

Compounds

• 낙타 (駱駝, nakta)
• 타조 (駝鳥, tajo)

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

駝: Hán Nôm readings: đà

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