朵

朵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓木 (HND), four-corner 1790₄, composition ⿱𠘧木(G) or ⿱𠘧𣎳(HT) or ⿱几木(KV))

• 哚, 垛, 㛊, 挆, 䑮, 趓, 跺, 躲, 䤪 (𬭆), 剁, 䒳

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 510, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14429
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1155, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6735

Originally a Ideogram (指事) depicting a stalk of a plant 禾 with something drooping. The bottom part of 禾 corrupted into 木, while the extra stroke corrupted into 乃, later simplified into 几.

“Hanging from a tree” > “flower” > classifier for flowers.

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from; to cling to; creeper”); see 垂 (OC *djol, “to hang down”) for more (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₂uur (“ear”) (Schuessler, 2007).

朵

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of branches, leaves, flowers, fruits) hanging from a tree
2. flower or calyx of a plant
3. Classifier for flowers, clouds, etc.

   一百朵玫瑰  ―  yībǎi duǒ méigui  ―  a hundred roses

4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ear
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to move
6. a surname, Duo

• (classifier for flowers):

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朵

1. (Southern Min) Classifier for clusters of fruits.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “花名->朵?”)

朵

1. (Cantonese) name; nickname; title (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (Cantonese) reputation; name (Classifier: 個／个 c)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01862

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: た (ta)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kan’yō-on: だ (da)
• Kun: えだ (eda, 朵)

朵 • (ta) (hangeul 타, revised ta, McCune–Reischauer t'a, Yale tha)

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朵: Hán Nôm readings: đóa/đoá, tạp, đỏa/đoả

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