貂

See also: 㹦 and 鼦

貂	U+8C82, 貂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C82

← 貁
[U+8C81]

CJK Unified Ideographs

貃 →
[U+8C83]

Translingual

Han character

貂 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹尸竹口 (BHSHR), four-corner 2726₂, composition ⿰豸召)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1200, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36528
Dae Jaweon: page 1662, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3910, character 8
Unihan data for U+8C82

Chinese

simp. and trad.		貂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	taːw, moːɡ
叨	tuːw, l̥ʰaːw
倒	taːwʔ, taːws
到	*taːws
菿	taːws, rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	rteːw, teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	sdew, tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	tʰew, tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	dews, djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	tʰjew, tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	djew, djewʔ
軺	djew, lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	teːw, deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *teːw) : semantic 豸 + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): diāo (diao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): diu¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): iau¹
Gan (Wiktionary): dieu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tiâu

(Meixian, Guangdong): diau¹
Jin (Wiktionary): diau¹
Northern Min (KCR): diáu
Eastern Min (BUC): diĕu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiau

(Teochew, Peng'im): diou¹ / diao¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tiau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): diau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diao
  - Wade–Giles: tiao¹
  - Yale: dyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
  - Palladius: дяо (djao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: diao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: diao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: diu¹
  - Yale: dīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: iau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: dieu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: diau^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: diau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: diau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tiau⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: diau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiau¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diáu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diĕu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau
  - Tâi-lô: tiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diou¹ / diao¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiou / tiau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiou³³/, /tiau³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tiau
  - MiniDict: tiau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tiɔ⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: diau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɒu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: tew

Rime
Character	貂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都聊切
Baxter	tew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teu/
Pan Wuyun	/teu/
Shao Rongfen	/teu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛw/
Li Rong	/teu/
Wang Li	/tieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*teːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貂
Reading #	1/1
No.	2155
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	貂
Old Chinese	/*teːw/

Definitions

貂

marten
a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Wikispecies has information on:

Martes melampus

Wikispecies

Kanji

貂

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ちょう (chō)
Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
Kun: てん (ten, 貂)、いたち (itachi, 貂)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
貂
てん Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
黄鼬

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) テン [téꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

貂(てん) or 貂(テン) • (ten)

Japanese marten, Martes melampus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

貂 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

(담비 초, dambi-): marten, sable

Vietnamese

Han character

貂: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

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[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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