賭

賭

See also: 赌

賭 U+8CED, 賭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CED ← 賬 [U+8CEC] CJK Unified Ideographs 賮 → [U+8CEE]

Translingual

Japanese	賭
Simplified	赌
Traditional	賭

Alternative forms

In Japanese and Korean, there is an additional 丶 above 日 in the component 者.

Han character

賭 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8 in Chinese, 貝+9 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 月金十大日 (BCJKA), four-corner 6486₃, composition ⿰貝者(GHTV) or ⿰貝⿱⿸耂丶日(JK))

Derived characters

• 𭌙

Related characters

• 赌 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 1210, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36847
• Dae Jaweon: page 1676, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3645, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8CED

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Chinese

trad.		賭
simp.		赌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǔ (du³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): dou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): u²

• Gan (Wiktionary): du³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tú
• Min Bei (KCR): dǔ
• Min Dong (BUC): dū
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): du²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tu³
    • Yale: dǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duu
    • Palladius: ду (du)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou²
    • Yale: dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: u²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: du³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tú
    • Hakka Romanization System: du`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: du³
    • Sinological IPA: /tu³¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: du²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /tuo^X/

Rime
Character	賭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	當古切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/tuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/toX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔX/
Li Rong	/toX/
Wang Li	/tuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.tˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ tuX ›
Old Chinese	/*mə.tˁaʔ/
English	wager
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	賭
Reading #	1/1
No.	16974
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覩
Old Chinese	/*taːʔ/

Definitions

賭

1. to gamble; to bet money
2. (in general) to make a bet; to place a wager

Synonyms

• (to bet money): 賭博／赌博 (dǔbó)
• (to place a wager): 打賭／打赌 (dǎdǔ)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: doj

Compounds

不賭是／不赌是 不賭時／不赌时 十賭九輸／十赌九输 (shídǔjiǔshū) 吃喝嫖賭／吃喝嫖赌 (chīhēpiáodǔ) 好賭／好赌 (hàodǔ) 嫖賭／嫖赌 局賭／局赌 戒賭／戒赌 (jièdǔ) 打賭／打赌 (dǎdǔ) 抄賭／抄赌 櫃坊賭局／柜坊赌局 氣賭／气赌 爭強賭勝／争强赌胜 牌賭／牌赌 (páidǔ) 狂嫖濫賭／狂嫖滥赌 當賭／当赌 聚賭／聚赌 (jùdǔ) 腥賭／腥赌 豪賭／豪赌 (háodǔ) 賭不信／赌不信 賭具／赌具 (dǔjù) 賭勝／赌胜

賭博／赌博 (dǔbó) 賭博場／赌博场 賭博罪／赌博罪 賭友／赌友 (dǔyǒu) 賭咒／赌咒 (dǔzhòu) 賭咒發願／赌咒发愿 賭品／赌品 賭城／赌城 (dǔchéng) 賭場／赌场 (dǔchǎng) 賭客／赌客 (dǔkè) 賭對／赌对 賭局／赌局 賭徒／赌徒 (dǔtú) 賭性／赌性 賭戰／赌战 賭書／赌书 賭本／赌本 (dǔběn) 賭東兒／赌东儿 賭東道／赌东道 賭棍／赌棍 (dǔgùn) 賭氣／赌气 (dǔqì) 賭法／赌法

賭注／赌注 (dǔzhù) 賭犯／赌犯 賭狠／赌狠 賭當／赌当 賭窩／赌窝 賭腳／赌脚 賭色／赌色 賭誓／赌誓 (dǔshì) 賭資／赌资 賭賬／赌账 賭賽／赌赛 (dǔsài) 賭身發誓／赌身发誓 賭身立誓／赌身立誓 (dǔshēnlìshì) 賭錢／赌钱 (dǔqián) 賭錢廠／赌钱厂 賭風／赌风 賭馬／赌马 賭鬥／赌斗 賭鬼／赌鬼 (dǔguǐ) 賭鱉氣／赌鳖气 輪盤賭／轮盘赌 (lúnpándǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji

賭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. bet

Readings

• On (unclassified): と (to, Jōyō)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 賭ける, Jōyō); かけ (kake, 賭け)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

賭: Hán Nôm readings: đổ

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