竇

See also: 窦

竇	U+7AC7, 竇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AC7

← 竆
[U+7AC6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

竈 →
[U+7AC8]

Translingual

Han character

竇 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十金土田金 (JCGWC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱穴賣(GTK) or ⿱穴𧶠(HJ))

Derived characters

𡔍, 𧮡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 869, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25695
Dae Jaweon: page 1298, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2745, character 12
Unihan data for U+7AC7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 竇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
竇	*l'oːɡs
續	ljoɡs, ljoɡ
覿	*l'juːɡ
黷	*l'oːɡ
讟	*l'oːɡ
殰	*l'oːɡ
讀	*l'oːɡ
櫝	*l'oːɡ
牘	*l'oːɡ
儥	*l'oːɡ
贕	*l'oːɡ
皾	*l'oːɡ
瓄	*l'oːɡ
瀆	*l'oːɡ
豄	*l'oːɡ
韇	*l'oːɡ
嬻	*l'oːɡ
犢	*l'oːɡ
匵	*l'oːɡ
藚	*ljoɡ
襩	*ɦljoɡ
贖	*ɦljoɡ
𧶠	*luɡ

Etymology 1

trad.		竇
simp.		窦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiō / tō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòu
  - Wade–Giles: tou⁴
  - Yale: dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
  - Palladius: доу (dou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dau⁶
  - Yale: dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiō
  - Tâi-lô: tiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: do
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou³⁵/

Middle Chinese: duwH

Rime
Character	竇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	田候切
Baxter	duwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəw^H/
Li Rong	/du^H/
Wang Li	/dəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤok-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'oːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	竇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dòu
Middle Chinese	‹ duw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁok-s/
English	hole; drain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	竇
Reading #	1/1
No.	16033
Phonetic component	𧶠
Rime group	竇
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*l'oːɡs/

Definitions

竇

hole; burrow
(anatomy) cavity; sinus
a surname
- 竇燕山，有義方；教五子，名俱揚。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  窦燕山，有义方；教五子，名俱扬。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE
  Dòu Yānshān, yǒu yìfāng; jiào wǔ zǐ, míng jù yáng. [Pinyin]
  Dou of the Yan Mountains had the right method. He taught five sons, each of whom raised the family reputation.

Etymology 2

trad.		竇
simp.		窦
alternative forms		藪／薮 Hakka

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Southern Kam dous (“nest”)?”

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): dau³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): teu

(Meixian, Guangdong): dêu⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dao³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dau³
  - Yale: dau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: deo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: teu
  - Hakka Romanization System: deu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: deu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /teu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /teu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau²¹³/

Definitions

竇

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) nest; den
老鼠竇／老鼠窦 [Cantonese] ― lou⁵ syu² dau³ [Jyutping] ― rat's nest

雀竇／雀窦 [Cantonese] ― zoek³ dau³ [Jyutping] ― bird's nest
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “巢”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 527:
  
  客鳥巢／客鸟巢 [Teochew] ― kêh⁴ ziou² dao³ [Peng'im] ― a magpie's nest
(Cantonese, Hakka, colloquial) home
(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, colloquial) hideout
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “巢”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 527:
  
  打破伊個賊巢 [Teochew, trad.]
  打破伊个贼巢 [Teochew, simp.]
  pah⁴ pua³ i¹ gai⁵ cag⁸ dao³ [Peng'im]
  destroy a retreat of robbers

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

竇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): とう (tō)、とく (toku)
Kun: あな (ana)

Korean

Hanja

竇 (eum 두 (du))

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Vietnamese

Han character

竇: Hán Nôm readings: đậu

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References

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