耷

耷 U+8037, 耷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8037 ← 耶 [U+8036] CJK Unified Ideographs 耸 → [U+8038]

Translingual

Han character

耷 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大尸十 (KSJ), four-corner 4040₁, composition ⿱大耳)

Derived characters

• 𠸊, 𡍲, 𢝉, 𢱕, 䐛, 𧪇, 𨨹(𬭞), 㿴, 𧡵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29011
• Dae Jaweon: page 1414, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2784, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8037

Chinese

trad.		耷
simp. #		耷
alternative forms		dup Cantonese; nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dā (da¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap³ / dap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: da
    • Wade–Giles: ta¹
    • Yale: dā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: da
    • Palladius: да (da)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: daap³ / dap¹
    • Yale: daap / dāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁸ / dap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab³ / deb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚³/, /tɐp̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tap

Rime
Character	耷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	盍 (144)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都榼切
Baxter	tap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tap̚/
Li Rong	/tɑp̚/
Wang Li	/tɑp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	da
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耷
Reading #	1/1
No.	1914
Phonetic component	耷
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㿴
Old Chinese	/*taːb/

Definitions

耷

1. (historical dictionaries only) big ear
2. to droop

   耷低個頭／耷低个头 [Cantonese]  ―  dap¹ dai¹ go³ tau⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to hang one's head

3. (Cantonese) to brake

   耷迫力 [Cantonese]  ―  dap¹ bik⁶ lik¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to give a brake

   前面架車耷咗一下 [Cantonese, trad.]
   前面架车耷咗一下 [Cantonese, simp.]

   cin⁴ min⁶ gaa³ ce¹ dap¹ zo² jat¹ haa⁶ [Jyutping]

   The car at the front briefly braked once

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “droop”): (Cantonese) 𩓥 / 𫖵 (ngok⁶)

Compounds

• 耷拉 (dāla)
• 耷頭耷腦 / 耷头耷脑

References

• “耷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

耷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)、ちょう (chō)