檮杌

檮杌

Chinese

		blockhead; wood-block	low stool
trad. (檮杌)		檮	杌
simp. (梼杌)		梼	杌
alternative forms		桃杌

檮杌 (mythical creature)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táowù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ ngat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táowù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táowù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-wu⁴
    • Yale: táu-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurwuh
    • Palladius: тао'у (tao'u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ ngat⁶
    • Yale: tòuh ngaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ ngat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ nged⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ ŋɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑu  ŋuət̚/

Rime
Character	檮	杌
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒刀切	五忽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/	/ŋuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/	/ŋuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/	/ŋuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/	/ŋwət̚/
Li Rong	/dɑu/	/ŋuət̚/
Wang Li	/dɑu/	/ŋuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/	/ŋuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4	ngat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duː  ŋuːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檮	杌
Reading #	2/3	1/1
No.	11687	13200
Phonetic component	壽	兀
Rime group	幽	物
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	陶	兀
Old Chinese	/*duː/	/*ŋuːd/

Noun

檮杌

1. (Chinese mythology) taowu (a mythical creature)

Proper noun

檮杌

1. Taowu (a compilation of historical annals of Chu, now lost)

   • 孟子曰：「王者之迹熄而《詩》亡，《詩》亡然後《春秋》作。晉之《乘》，楚之《檮杌》，魯之《春秋》，一也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孟子曰：“王者之迹熄而《诗》亡，《诗》亡然后《春秋》作。晋之《乘》，楚之《梼杌》，鲁之《春秋》，一也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Mèngzǐ yuē: “Wángzhě zhī jì xī ér “Shī” wáng, “Shī” wáng ránhòu “Chūnqiū” zuò. Jìn zhī “Shèng”, Chǔ zhī “Táowù”, Lǔ zhī “Chūnqiū”, yī yě.” [Pinyin]

     Mencius said, "The traces of sovereign rule were extinguished, and the royal odes ceased to be made. When those odes ceased to be made, then the Chun Qiu was produced. The Sheng of Jin, the Tao Wu of Chu, and the Chun Qiu of Lu were books of the same character."