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掉 U+6389, 掉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6389
← 授
[U+6388] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 掊 →
[U+638A]

Translingual

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Han character

掉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜日十 (QYAJ), four-corner 51046, composition ⿰扌卓)

Derived characters

  • 𦄹, 𧐼, 𬕩

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12243
  • Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1896, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6389
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *deːwʔ, *deːwɢs, *rneːwɢ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 卓 (OC *rteːwɢ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tiāu - literary;
  • tiō - vernacular.
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Definitions

掉

  1. to drop; to fall
    硬幣掉在了地上。 [MSC, trad.]
    硬币掉在了地上。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yìngbì diàozàile dìshàng. [Pinyin]
    The coin dropped on the ground.
  2. to lose; to part
    掉色  ―  diàosè  ―  to lose color
    掉髮／掉发  ―  diàofà  ―  to lose hair
  3. to shake; to wag; to swing
    尾大不掉  ―  wěidàbùdiào  ―  "too fat a tail to wag"; to be hampered by one's own powerful subordinates
  4. to turn; to move
    掉轉／掉转  ―  diàozhuǎn  ―  to turn around
    掉頭／掉头  ―  diàotóu  ―  to make a U-turn
  5. (dialectal, intransitive) to be missing; to be lost
    我錢包掉了。／我钱包掉了。  ―  Wǒ qiánbāo diào le.  ―  I lost my wallet.
  6. (Cantonese, Teochew) to throw; to toss
    掉西瓜落海 [Cantonese]  ―  deu6 sai1 gwaa1 lok6 hoi2 [Jyutping]  ―  to throw a watermelon into the ocean (superstition in Hong Kong that it will aid in the recovery of people lost at sea)
  7. (Cantonese, Teochew) to toss out; to dispose of; to discard
    掉咗好多唔應該掉嘅嘢 [Cantonese, trad.]
    掉咗好多唔应该掉嘅嘢 [Cantonese, simp.]
    deu6 zo2 hou2 do1 m4 jing1 goi1 deu6 ge3 je5 [Jyutping]
    threw away a lot of things that one shouldn't have
  8. Used along with a verb to indicate completion, usually together with 了 (le); or to indicate imperative mood.
    他戒掉了煙。／他戒掉了烟。  ―  Tā jièdiàole yān.  ―  He quit smoking.
    把燈關掉。／把灯关掉。  ―  Bǎ dēng guāndiào.  ―  Turn off the lights.
    家裡的電飯鍋壞掉了。 [MSC, trad.]
    家里的电饭锅坏掉了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jiālǐ de diànfànguō huàidiàole. [Pinyin]
    Our rice cooker has broken.
  9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to shake; to shiver

Synonyms

  • (to lose): 甩 (shuǎi)
  • (to throw):
Dialectal synonyms of 扔 (“to throw”) [map]
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  • (to discard):
Dialectal synonyms of 扔 (“to discard; to throw away”) [map]
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  • (to shake):

See also

Compounds

  • 丟不掉 / 丢不掉
  • 丟掉 / 丢掉 (diūdiào)
  • 做掉 (zuòdiào)
  • 劃掉 / 划掉
  • 單掉兒 / 单掉儿
  • 失掉 (shīdiào)
  • 尾大不掉 (wěidàbùdiào)
  • 尾大難掉 / 尾大难掉
  • 幹掉 / 干掉 (gàndiào)
  • 廢掉 / 废掉
  • 忘掉 (wàngdiào)
  • 戒掉
  • 扔掉 (rēngdiào)
  • 扣掉
  • 拋掉 / 抛掉
  • 拔掉
  • 拆掉
  • 掉下 (diàoxià)
  • 掉三寸舌
  • 掉以輕心 / 掉以轻心 (diàoyǐqīngxīn)
  • 掉價兒 / 掉价儿
  • 掉刀
  • 掉包 (diàobāo)
  • 掉嘴口
  • 掉嘴弄舌
  • 掉回頭 / 掉回头
  • 掉弄
  • 掉換 / 掉换 (diàohuàn)
  • 掉文
  • 掉書袋 / 掉书袋 (diàoshūdài)
  • 掉皮
  • 掉眼
  • 掉胎
  • 掉背臉 / 掉背脸
  • 掉膘
  • 掉臂
  • 掉臂不顧 / 掉臂不顾
  • 掉舌
  • 掉舌鼓脣 / 掉舌鼓唇
  • 掉色
  • 掉落 (diàoluò)
  • 掉貨 / 掉货
  • 掉轉 / 掉转 (diàozhuǎn)
  • 掉轉頭 / 掉转头
  • 掉過來 / 掉过来
  • 掉過兒 / 掉过儿
  • 掉過頭 / 掉过头
  • 掉鎗花 / 掉枪花
  • 掉開 / 掉开
  • 掉隊 / 掉队 (diàoduì)
  • 掉鞅
  • 掉頭 / 掉头 (diàotóu)
  • 掉頭不顧 / 掉头不顾
  • 掉頭而去 / 掉头而去
  • 掉頭鼠竄 / 掉头鼠窜
  • 掉魂
  • 改掉 (gǎidiào)
  • 末大不掉
  • 死掉 (sǐdiào)
  • 毀掉 / 毁掉 (huǐdiào)
  • 溜掉
  • 漏掉 (lòudiào)
  • 甩掉 (shuǎidiào)
  • 當掉 / 当掉
  • 破掉
  • 笑掉大牙 (xiàodiàodàyá)
  • 老掉牙 (lǎodiàoyá)
  • 脫掉 / 脱掉 (tuōdiào)
  • 花掉
  • 跑不掉
  • 蹦掉
  • 躲不掉
  • 連根拔掉 / 连根拔掉
  • 關掉 / 关掉 (guāndiào)
  • 除掉 (chúdiào)

References

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Japanese

Kanji

掉

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

掉 (eum 도 (do))

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Vietnamese

Han character

掉: Hán Nôm readings: trao, chèo, điệu, sạo, trạo, tráo

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