橢

See also: 椭 and 楕

橢 U 6A62, 橢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A62 ← 橡 [U 6A61] CJK Unified Ideographs 橣 → [U 6A63]

Translingual

Han character

橢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木 12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木弓中月 (DNLB), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿰木隋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 554, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15565
• Dae Jaweon: page 943, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1285, character 7
• Unihan data for U 6A62

Chinese

trad.		橢
simp.		椭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鬌	*ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol
隋	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol
墮	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol
媠	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls
橢	*l̥ʰoːlʔ
嫷	*l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ
毻	*l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds
堶	*l'oːl
憜	*l'oːlʔ
惰	*l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls
嶞	*l'oːlʔ
髓	*slolʔ
瀡	*slolʔ, *slols
隨	*ljol
隓	*hlol
隳	*hlol
撱	*lolʔ

Etymology

May be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from; to cling to; creeper”); see 垂 (OC *djol, “to hang down”) for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuǒ (tuo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁵ / to²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thó / thò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): to²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo³
    • Yale: twǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoo
    • Palladius: то (to)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: to⁵ / to²
    • Yale: tóh / tó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁵ / to²
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁵ / to²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː¹³/, /tʰɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó / thò
    • Tâi-lô: thó / thò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toir, toix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³/, /tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³/, /tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³/, /tʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹/, /tʰɤ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: thwaX

Rime
Character	橢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他果切
Baxter	thwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰwaX/
Li Rong	/tʰuɑX/
Wang Li	/tʰuɑX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	to2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤojʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰoːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	橢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tuǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ thwaX ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁojʔ/
English	oval
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	橢
Reading #	1/1
No.	5419
Phonetic component	隓
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	妥
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰoːlʔ/

Definitions

橢

1. ^† oval-shaped container
2. long and narrow; oval-shaped; elliptical

   橢圓／椭圆  ―  tuǒyuán  ―  ellipse; oval shape

Compounds

• 橢圓／椭圆 (tuǒyuán)
• 橢圓形／椭圆形 (tuǒyuánxíng)
• 橢圓星系／椭圆星系 (tuǒyuán xīngxì)
• 橢圓規／椭圆规
• 橢圓體／椭圆体
• 橢球／椭球
• 橢球面／椭球面
• 橢球體／椭球体

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǒ (duo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˇ

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• 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/

Definitions

橢

1. Only used in 科橢／科椭.

References

• “橢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

橢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: た (ta)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kan’yō-on: だ (da)
• Kun: こばんが (kobanga)

Korean

Hanja

橢 (eum 타 (ta))

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Vietnamese

Han character

橢: Hán Nôm readings: thỏa/thoả, thõa/thoã

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References

• Nom Foundation