夲

See also: 本

夲 U+5932, 夲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5932 ← 失 [U+5931] CJK Unified Ideographs 夳 → [U+5933]

Translingual

Han character

夲 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大十 (KJ), four-corner 4040₈ or 4040₃, composition ⿱大十)

Derived characters

• 㤒, 䱁, 𠦪, 𠦮, 皋, 𧙐, 𡏻, 桳, 𣸽, 𤎋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5845
• Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 524, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5932

Chinese

simp. and trad.		夲
alternative forms		𠦍 𠦂 𰃯 erroneous 𠇏 夵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 大 (“big”) + 十 (“ten”).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāo (tao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao¹
    • Yale: tāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: tou¹
    • Yale: tōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thaw

Rime
Character	夲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土刀切
Baxter	thaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaw/
Li Rong	/tʰɑu/
Wang Li	/tʰɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰuː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夲
Reading #	1/1
No.	12358
Phonetic component	夲
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	饕
Old Chinese	/*tʰuː/

Definitions

夲

1. (Classical) to advance quickly (literally, “advance like ten people put together”)
2. (historical dictionaries only) in a state of mutual visits and encounters

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夲 – see 本 (“root; stem; source; origin; root; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 本).

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “夲”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01928
• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 90

Japanese

Kanji

夲

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. alternative form of 本

Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)、ほん (hon)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu)

Vietnamese

Han character

夲: Hán Việt readings: bản

1. Variant of 本, see there for more details.