骰

骰

骰 U+9AB0, 骰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AB0 ← 骯 [U+9AAF] CJK Unified Ideographs 骱 → [U+9AB1]

Translingual

Han character

骰 (radical 188, 骨+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月月竹弓水 (BBHNE), four-corner 7724₇, composition ⿰骨殳)

References

• KangXi: page 1448, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45127
• Dae Jaweon: page 1974, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4408, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9AB0

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		骰

From 投 (MC dəu, “to throw”). Often read semantically as 色 (MC ʃɨk̚).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóu, shǎi (tou², shai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ, ㄕㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴, sik¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tàu / thèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu²

• Min Bei (KCR): dě
• Min Dong (BUC): dàu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâu / tô͘ / tiô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): deu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ
    • Wade–Giles: t'ou²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄞˇ
    • Wade–Giles: shai³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shae
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴/

Note: shǎi - semantic reading for 色.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴, sik¹
    • Yale: tàuh, sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴, sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴, xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹/, /sɪk̚⁵/

Note: sik1 - semantic reading for 色.

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: dauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dau²
    • IPA: /tau̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu²
    • IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu²
    • IPA: /tʰeu¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dě
    • IPA ^(key): /te²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dàu
    • IPA ^(key): /tau⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu
    • Tâi-lô: tâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /taʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taʊ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô
    • Tâi-lô: tiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴/

Note:

• tâu - vernacular;
• tô/tiô - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu
    • IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: deu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻ɜ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /dəu/▼

Rime
Character	骰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	度侯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəu/
Pan Wuyun	/dəu/
Shao Rongfen	/dəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəw/
Li Rong	/du/
Wang Li	/dəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*doː/, /*srɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	骰	骰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11717	11723
Phonetic component	殳	殳
Rime group	侯	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	頭	色
Old Chinese	/*doː/	/*srɯɡ/
Notes	投轉註分化字唐人始分	訓讀爲色

Definitions

骰

1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 骰子 (“die (used in games of chance)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骰子
Mandarin	Beijing	色子
	Taiwan	色子
	Harbin	色子
	Jinan	色子
	Muping	色子
	Luoyang	色子, 色兒
	Jiedian	色子
	Xi'an	色子
	Yinchuan	色子
	Lanzhou	色子
	Ürümqi	色子
	Wuhan	色子
	Chengdu	色子
	Guiyang	色子
	Liuzhou	色子
	Yangzhou	猴子
	Nanjing	猴兒, 猴子
	Nantong	色兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	色仔
	Hong Kong	色仔, 色
	Foshan	色仔
	Shunde	色仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	色仔
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	色仔
	Taishan	色仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	色仔
	Dongguan	色仔
Gan	Nanchang	色子
	Lichuan	色子
	Pingxiang	色子
Hakka	Meixian	骰仔
	Yudu	色子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	骰仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Dongshi (Dabu)	十八啦
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	輾豆
Huizhou	Jixi	寶子
Jin	Taiyuan	色兒
	Xinzhou	色兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	骰仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	骰
Min Nan	Xiamen	骰仔, 豆仔
	Quanzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Zhangzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Taipei	救十八
	Kaohsiung	撚骰仔
	Tainan	撚寶
	Taichung	十八骰仔
	Hsinchu	骰九
	Lukang	撚骰仔
	Sanxia	膏十八仔
	Yilan	撚骰仔
	Kinmen	骰仔
	Magong	骰仔
	Haikou	色囝
	Leizhou	骰
Pinghua	Nanning	色子
Wu	Shanghai	骰子
	Suzhou	骰子
	Hangzhou	骰子
	Wenzhou	骰子
	Chongming	骰子
	Danyang	骰子
	Ningbo	色子
Xiang	Changsha	色子
	Loudi	骰子

Compounds

十八骰仔 撚骰仔 擲骰子／掷骰子

藥骰／药骰 骰九

骰仔 骰子 (tóuzi)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 骰 – see 股 (“thigh; haunches; share; portion; etc.”). (This character, 骰, is a variant form of 股.)

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Japanese

Kanji

骰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)
• Kun: さい (sai); さいころ (saikoro)

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Korean

Hanja

骰 (eum 투 (tu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

骰: Hán Nôm readings: đầu

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References

• Nom Foundation