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

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

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

  (Hailu, HRS): diau^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): diau¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): diau¹
• Northern Min (KCR): diáu
• Eastern Min (BUC): diĕu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieo¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diou¹ / diao¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tiau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): diau¹

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• 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/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: diau^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³/
  • (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/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: da̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu⁵⁴⁴/
• 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/

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• 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

1. marten
2. a surname

Compounds

• 七葉貂 / 七叶貂
• 三貂角 (Sāndiāojiǎo)
• 侍中貂
• 傳貂 / 传貂
• 八貂
• 右貂
• 大貂
• 宮貂 / 宫貂
• 小貂
• 左貂
• 帶膆貂掛 / 带膆貂挂
• 水貂 (shuǐdiāo)
• 漢珥貂 / 汉珥貂
• 漢貂 / 汉貂
• 狗尾續貂 / 狗尾续貂 (gǒuwěixùdiāo)
• 狗尾貂續 / 狗尾貂续
• 狗續貂尾 / 狗续貂尾
• 狗續金貂 / 狗续金貂
• 珥貂
• 皂貂
• 紫貂 (zǐdiāo)
• 續貂 / 续貂
• 脫貂 / 脱貂
• 蟬貂 / 蝉貂
• 補貂 / 补貂
• 豎貂 / 竖貂
• 豐貂 / 丰貂
• 貂丁
• 貂不足
• 貂侍
• 貂冕
• 貂冠
• 貂卻 / 貂却
• 貂參 / 貂参
• 貂寺
• 貂尾
• 貂尾扇
• 貂帳 / 貂帐
• 貂帽
• 貂扇
• 貂文
• 貂毛
• 貂毫
• 貂熊 (diāoxióng)
• 貂狗相屬 / 貂狗相属
• 貂珠
• 貂珥
• 貂璫 / 貂珰
• 貂皮
• 貂皮大衣
• 貂續 / 貂续
• 貂纓 / 貂缨
• 貂羽
• 貂腳 / 貂脚
• 貂茵
• 貂蟬 / 貂蝉 (Diāochán)
• 貂蟟
• 貂蟬冠 / 貂蝉冠
• 貂行
• 貂衣
• 貂袍
• 貂袖
• 貂裘
• 貂裘換酒 / 貂裘换酒
• 貂褐
• 貂褕
• 貂襜
• 貂覆額 / 貂覆额
• 貂金
• 貂錦 / 貂锦
• 貂鶡 / 貂鹖
• 貂鼠
• 貂鼴 / 貂鼹
• 貂鼲 / 貂𱌏
• 貴貂 / 贵貂
• 輕貂 / 轻貂
• 金貂
• 金貂取酒
• 金貂換酒 / 金貂换酒
• 金貂貰酒 / 金貂贳酒
• 銀貂 / 银貂
• 阮孚貂
• 阮貂換酒 / 阮貂换酒
• 香貂
• 鳧盧貂 / 凫卢貂
• 黃喉貂 / 黄喉貂 (huánghóudiāo)
• 黃貂 / 黄貂
• 黑貂 (hēidiāo)
• 鼲貂 / 𱌏貂

References

• “貂”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “貂”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 51.