夲

夲

See also: 本

夲 U+5932, 夲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5932 ← 失 [U+5931] CJK Unified Ideographs 夳 → [U+5933]

Translingual

Han character

夲 (radical 37, 大+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大十 (KJ), composition ⿱大十)

References

• KangXi: page 249, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5845
• Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 524, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5932

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		夲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāo (tao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: t'ao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou¹
    • Yale: tōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰɑu/▼

Rime
Character	夲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaw/
Li Rong	/tʰɑu/
Wang Li	/tʰɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰuː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夲
Reading #	1/1
No.	12358
Phonetic component	夲
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	饕
Old Chinese	/*tʰuː/

Definitions

夲

1. to advance quickly

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夲 – see 本 (“root; stem; source; origin; root; etc.”). (This character, 夲, is a variant form of 本.)

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 90

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Japanese

Kanji

夲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō), ほん (hon)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu)