禱

禱

See also: 祷

禱 U+79B1, 禱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79B1 ← 禰 [U+79B0] CJK Unified Ideographs 禲 → [U+79B2]

Translingual

Japanese	祷
Simplified	祷
Traditional	禱

Han character

禱 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈火土弓戈 (IFGNI), four-corner 3424₁, composition ⿰礻壽)

References

• KangXi: page 847, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24852
• Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2410, character 10
• Unihan data for U+79B1

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Chinese

trad.		禱
simp.		祷

Glyph origin

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

	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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎo (dao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou², dou²
• Min Dong (BUC): dō̤
• Min Nan (POJ): tó / tó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tao³
    • Yale: dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dao
    • Palladius: дао (dao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou², dou²
    • Yale: tóu, dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou², dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou², dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵/, /tou̯³⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó
    • Tâi-lô: tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /to⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /tɑu^X/, /tɑu^H/

Rime
Character	禱	禱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	都晧切	都導切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑuX/	/tɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑuX/	/tɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑuX/	/tɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tawX/	/tawH/
Li Rong	/tɑuX/	/tɑuH/
Wang Li	/tɑuX/	/tɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑuX/	/tɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǎo	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou2	dou3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ˤuʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuːʔ/, /*tuːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	禱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ tawX ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]ˁuʔ/
English	pray
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	禱	禱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11678	11683
Phonetic component	壽	壽
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	倒	到
Old Chinese	/*tuːʔ/	/*tuːs/

Definitions

禱

1. to pray

   默禱／默祷  ―  mòdǎo  ―  to pray silently

   • 吉日維戊，既伯既禱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吉日维戊，既伯既祷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jírì wéi wù, jì bó jì dǎo. [Pinyin]

     A lucky day was wù, and we sacrificed on it to the Ruler of horses, and prayed.

   • 神啊　可否聽聽我禱 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     神啊　可否听听我祷 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1999, 鄧婉玲 [Mimi Tang] and 蘇如紅 [Ivy So], lyrics by 西伯, 上帝聽禱告

     san⁴ aa³, ho² fau² teng¹ teng¹ ngo⁵ tou² [Jyutping]

     O God, can You listen to me pray?

Compounds

Derived terms from 禱

丘禱／丘祷 代禱／代祷 (dàidǎo) 企禱／企祷 分禱／分祷 厭禱／厌祷 啟禱／启祷 善頌善禱／善颂善祷 塞禱／塞祷 宜禱／宜祷 (yídǎo) 密禱／密祷 情禱／情祷 惡禱／恶祷 懇禱／恳祷 戰禱／战祷 拜禱／拜祷 攻禱／攻祷 早禱／早祷 晚禱／晚祷 (wǎndǎo) 晨禱／晨祷 (chéndǎo) 桑林禱／桑林祷 步禱／步祷 泣禱／泣祷 湯禱桑林／汤祷桑林 澆禱／浇祷 焚禱／焚祷 申禱／申祷 盼禱／盼祷

祀禱／祀祷 祈晴禱雨／祈晴祷雨 祈禱／祈祷 (qídǎo) 祈禱文／祈祷文 祈風禱雨／祈风祷雨 祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo) 祠禱／祠祷 祭禱／祭祷 禜禱／𰱈祷 禡禱／祃祷 禱切／祷切 禱告／祷告 (dǎogào) 禱塞／祷塞 禱巫／祷巫 禱念／祷念 禱戰／祷战 禱文／祷文 (dǎowén) 禱書／祷书 禱求／祷求 禱牲／祷牲 禱獻／祷献 禱盼／祷盼 禱祀／祷祀 禱祈／祷祈 禱祉／祷祉 禱祝／祷祝 (dǎozhù) 禱祠／祷祠

禱福／祷福 禱禬／祷𰧻 禱禳／祷禳 禱詞／祷词 禱請／祷请 禱謝／祷谢 禱賽／祷赛 禱辭／祷辞 禱雨／祷雨 禱雩／祷雩 禱頌／祷颂 禳禱／禳祷 籲禱／吁祷 至禱／至祷 致禱／致祷 葆禱／葆祷 解禱／解祷 請禱／请祷 讄禱／讄祷 賽禱／赛祷 醊禱／醊祷 雩禱／雩祷 頌禱／颂祷 (sòngdǎo) 馨香禱祝／馨香祷祝 默禱／默祷 (mòdǎo) 齋禱／斋祷

References

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	祷
Kyūjitai	禱

Kanji

禱

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 祷)

1. pray
2. entreat
3. beg
4. plead
5. prayer

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: いのり (inori, 禱り); いのる (inoru, 禱る); まつる (matsuru, 禱る)

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Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [도]

Hanja

Wikisource禱 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

1. to pray